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单词 sea pen
释义

sea pen


noun

any of several colonial coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, having the shape of a fleshy feather.

Origin of sea pen

First recorded in 1755–65

Words nearby sea pen

sea oats, Sea of Tranquillity, sea onion, sea otter, sea palm, sea pen, seaperch, seapiece, sea pigeon, sea pink, seaplane
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Example sentences from the Web for sea pen

  • Mr. Darwin's description of a kind of Sea-pen, Virgularia Patagonia, throws some curious light on the habits of these creatures.

    The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
  • I will only mention one other animal, a zoophyte (I believe Virgularia Patagonica), a kind of sea-pen.

    A Naturalist's Voyage Round the World|Charles Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for sea pen

sea pen

noun

any of various anthozoan coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, forming fleshy feather-like colonies in warm seas: order Pennatulacea
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
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