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actinia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun actinia has 2 senses
- actinia(n = noun.animal) genus actinia - a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools; Array is a kind of coelenterate genus
- actinia(n = noun.animal) actinian, actiniarian - any sea anemone or related animal; Array is a member of actinaria, actiniaria, order actinaria, order actiniaria
is a member of actinaria, actiniaria, order actinaria, order actiniaria
is a kind of anemone, sea anemone
CIDE DICTIONARY
actinia, n. [Latinized fr. Gr. , , ray.].
An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidæ . From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones . [See Polyp.]. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
actinia, n. (pl. actiniae) any sea anemone, esp. of the genus Actinia.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk aktis -inos ray
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