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单词 anthozoan
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anthozoan


an·tho·zo·an

A0331000 (ăn′thə-zō′ən)n. Any of numerous cnidarians of the class Anthozoa, including the corals and sea anemones, that grow singly or in colonies and live as polyps, without a medusa stage.
an′tho·zo′an, an′tho·zo′ic (-zō′ĭk) adj.

anthozoan

(ˌænθəˈzəʊən) n (Animals) any of the solitary or colonial sessile marine coelenterates of the class Anthozoa, including the corals, sea anemones, and sea pens, in which the body is in the form of a polypadj (Zoology) Also: actinozoan of or relating to the class Anthozoa

an•tho•zo•an

(ˌæn θəˈzoʊ ən)

n. 1. any sessile solitary or colonial marine polyp of the class Anthozoa, lacking a medusa stage, and including corals, sea anemones, and sea pens. adj. 2. Also, an`tho•zo′ic. belonging or pertaining to the anthozoans. [1885–90; < New Latin Anthozo(a) (see antho-, -zoa) + -an1]
Thesaurus
Noun1.anthozoan - sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polypsanthozoan - sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressedactinozoancnidarian, coelenterate - radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa formsActinozoa, Anthozoa, class Actinozoa, class Anthozoa - a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressedsea anemone, anemone - marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeletonsea pen - fleshy featherlike warm-water coloniescoral - marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
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anthozoan


anthozoan

or

actinozoan

any of the sessile COELENTERATES of the class Anthozoa, including sea anemones, sea pens and corals, that have no medusoid stage (see MEDUSA and possess a body cavity that is more complex than in other coelenterates.

anthozoan


Related to anthozoan: class Anthozoa
  • noun

Synonyms for anthozoan

noun sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps

Synonyms

  • actinozoan

Related Words

  • cnidarian
  • coelenterate
  • Actinozoa
  • Anthozoa
  • class Actinozoa
  • class Anthozoa
  • sea anemone
  • anemone
  • sea pen
  • coral
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