sea anemone
noun
: any of numerous usually solitary anthozoan polyps (order Actiniaria) whose form, bright and varied colors, and cluster of tentacles superficially resemble a flower
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Endurance rested upright on the seafloor; the ship’s wheel was almost perfectly intact, and a pink-and-white sea anemone had fastened itself to the deck railing. 
Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022 Or put a micro L.B.D. beneath a white ostrich feather hat by Philip Treacy, looking like the offspring of a jellyfish and a sea anemone, the tentacles floating eerily in the wind atop an attenuated silhouette. New York Times, 16 July 2021 At some point Kaz appears at my side and gestures toward a sea anemone, the predatory underwater animal that resembles a flowering plant. Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2021 The priestess owns a live sea anemone, an increasingly rare creature of immense value, and soon Acilde decides to steal it in order to pay for a dose of a magical elixir that will transform her into a man. Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020 The starlet sea anemone is a tiny invertebrate that lives in shallow, salty lagoons. Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020 Look out for eels’ eyes peeking out from coral castles, and watch the glowing green tentacles of a sea anemone wriggle in the tide. Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 More parks to check out this time of year:Olympic National Park, WA, for towering sea stack rock formations and some of the best tide pools on earth, boasting neon pink and chartreuse sea anemones and bright orange seastars. Kate Wertheimer, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020 More parks to check out this time of year:Olympic National Park, WA, for towering sea stack rock formations and some of the best tide pools on earth, boasting neon pink and chartreuse sea anemones and bright orange seastars. Kate Wertheimer, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020 See More
Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2022 Or put a micro L.B.D. beneath a white ostrich feather hat by Philip Treacy, looking like the offspring of a jellyfish and a sea anemone, the tentacles floating eerily in the wind atop an attenuated silhouette. New York Times, 16 July 2021 At some point Kaz appears at my side and gestures toward a sea anemone, the predatory underwater animal that resembles a flowering plant. Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 21 Feb. 2021 The priestess owns a live sea anemone, an increasingly rare creature of immense value, and soon Acilde decides to steal it in order to pay for a dose of a magical elixir that will transform her into a man. Daniel Alarcón, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2020 The starlet sea anemone is a tiny invertebrate that lives in shallow, salty lagoons. Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020 Look out for eels’ eyes peeking out from coral castles, and watch the glowing green tentacles of a sea anemone wriggle in the tide. Shannon Sims, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020 More parks to check out this time of year:Olympic National Park, WA, for towering sea stack rock formations and some of the best tide pools on earth, boasting neon pink and chartreuse sea anemones and bright orange seastars. Kate Wertheimer, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020 More parks to check out this time of year:Olympic National Park, WA, for towering sea stack rock formations and some of the best tide pools on earth, boasting neon pink and chartreuse sea anemones and bright orange seastars. Kate Wertheimer, Sunset Magazine, 17 Jan. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1742, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
sea anemone
noun
: a hollow sea animal that is related to the coral and has a cluster of tentacles around its mouth