sea anemone

noun

any sedentary marine animal of the phylum Coelenterata, having a columnar body and one or more circles of tentacles surrounding the mouth.

Origin of sea anemone

First recorded in 1735–45

Words nearby sea anemone

SDS, SDSL, Se, sea, sea anchor, sea anemone, sea aster, sea bag, sea bass, seabeach, seabed

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Example sentences from the Web for sea anemone

Tubularia is one genus of them: it looks like a sea-anemone in miniature placed on the top of a stem like a flower.
The Science and Philosophy of the Organism|Hans Driesch
Sometimes you will find that a sea-anemone has fastened itself to the edge of a shell in which a hermit-crab is living.
The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood
Like the Sea-Anemone it preys on animals smaller than itself.
Stories of the Universe: Animal Life|B. Lindsay
"My friend the sea-anemone lives near here," said Laughing Sapphire.
Fairies I Have Met|Maud Margaret Key Stawell

He pointed to the sea-anemone, which was still sucking at the yellow corn-cob pipe.
Walking Shadows|Alfred Noyes

British Dictionary definitions for sea anemone

sea anemone

noun

any of various anthozoan coelenterates, esp of the order Actiniaria, having a polypoid body with oral rings of tentaclesSee also actinia

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Scientific definitions for sea anemone

sea anemone

Any of numerous, often brightly colored cnidarians of the class Anthozoa, having flexible cylindrical bodies with tentacles surrounding a central mouth. Sea anemones are related to jellyfish and corals, but have no free-swimming (medusoid) stage, and resemble flowers.

单词	sea anemone
释义	sea anemone noun any sedentary marine animal of the phylum Coelenterata, having a columnar body and one or more circles of tentacles surrounding the mouth. Origin of sea anemone First recorded in 1735–45 Words nearby sea anemone SDS, SDSL, Se, sea, sea anchor, sea anemone, sea aster, sea bag, sea bass, seabeach, seabed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sea anemone Tubularia is one genus of them: it looks like a sea-anemone in miniature placed on the top of a stem like a flower. The Science and Philosophy of the Organism\|Hans Driesch Sometimes you will find that a sea-anemone has fastened itself to the edge of a shell in which a hermit-crab is living. The Animal World, A Book of Natural History\|Theodore Wood Like the Sea-Anemone it preys on animals smaller than itself. Stories of the Universe: Animal Life\|B. Lindsay "My friend the sea-anemone lives near here," said Laughing Sapphire. Fairies I Have Met\|Maud Margaret Key Stawell He pointed to the sea-anemone, which was still sucking at the yellow corn-cob pipe. Walking Shadows\|Alfred Noyes British Dictionary definitions for sea anemone sea anemone noun any of various anthozoan coelenterates, esp of the order Actiniaria, having a polypoid body with oral rings of tentaclesSee also actinia Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Content related to sea anemone Take An Aquarium Word Trip With Dictionary.com And Georgia AquariumTo help you get into full teacher and tour-guide mode, we've teamed up with the Georgia Aquarium to put together an educational language guide for you to reference as you're exploring the aquarium with your kids. READ MORE Scientific definitions for sea anemone sea anemone Any of numerous, often brightly colored cnidarians of the class Anthozoa, having flexible cylindrical bodies with tentacles surrounding a central mouth. Sea anemones are related to jellyfish and corals, but have no free-swimming (medusoid) stage, and resemble flowers. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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sea anemone

noun

Origin of sea anemone

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Example sentences from the Web for sea anemone

British Dictionary definitions for sea anemone

noun

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