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单词 actinia
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actinia

/akˈtɪnɪə/
Zoology
noun
A sea anemone; specifically one of the genus Actinia. Also (in form Actinia): the genus itself.
  • Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Systema naturae (ed. 12, 1767) 1088; also used by Pallas (1766) for a genus of holothurian.In technical contexts, the word is now restricted to the genus, though the adjective actinian persists in the more general sense..

Origin

Mid 18th century; earliest use found in John Hill (bap. 1714, d. 1775), physician and actor. From scientific Latin Actinia from ancient Greek ἀκτῖν-, ἀκτίς ray + scientific Latin -ia.

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