| sea anemone n. Any of numerous flowerlike marine coelenterates of the class Anthozoa, having a flexible cylindrical body and tentacles surrounding a central mouth. |
sea anemone
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various anthozoan coelenterates, esp of the order Actiniaria, having a polypoid body with oral rings of tentacles See also actinia
sea′ anem`one
n.
any solitary, attached marine polyp of the order Actinaria, having a firm, gelatinous body topped with tentacles.
| 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. |
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| Noun | 1. |  sea anemone - marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeletonactinozoan, anthozoan - sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed |
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