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helianthoid, a. and n. Zool.|hiːlɪˈænθɔɪd|
[f. mod.L. Hēlianthoidea, neut. pl. of Hēlianthoides; f. Hēlianthus: see next and -oid.]
A. adj.
a. Resembling the Helianthus (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1854).
b. Belonging to the Helianthoidea, an order of Actinozoa, comprising the sea-anemones.
B. n. One of the Helianthoidea. Also helianˈthoidean a. and n.
1865H. Spencer Princ. Biol. iv. xiii. §246 (1867) II. 167 Solitary polypes—hydroid or helianthoid—mostly stationary, and when they do move, moving with any side foremost. |