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‖ Actinia Zool.|ækˈtɪnɪə|
Pl. actiniæ, actinias.
[mod.L. f. (by Linn.) Gr. ἀκτῖν- ray.]
prop. A genus of Zoophytes belonging to the family Actiniadæ; pop. extended to any animal of the family, whether of the genus Actinia or one of its congeners; a Sea-Anemone, or animal of the Sea-Anemone group.
1748Sir J. Hill Nat. Hist. 94 The body of the actinia is of a naturally cylindrick, but variable figure. 1767Ellis Actinia in Phil. Trans. LVII. 428 The Actinia, called by old authors..Urtica marina, from its supposed property of stinging, is now more properly called by some late English authors the Animal flower. 1850Dana Geol. i. 10 The waters abound in..asterias or star-fish, and the variously coloured actinias or sea-flowers. 1855Kingsley Glaucus (1878) 112 Beautiful Actiniæ filled the tiny caverns with living flowers. |