sea anemone
sea anemone · sea anemones
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Seeanemone
Any polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and…Any polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and captures its food using tentacles.
Meaning
1 sensesAny polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and captures its food using tentacles.
Seeanemone
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More definitions
- marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
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Origin
From sea + anemone.From sea + anemone.
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