ACTINARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Actinaria mean? 

• ACTINARIA (noun)
  The noun ACTINARIA has 1 sense:

1. sea anemones

  Familiarity information: ACTINARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTINARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea anemones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Actinaria; Actiniaria; order Actinaria; order Actiniaria

Hypernyms ("Actinaria" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Actinaria"):

anemone; sea anemone (marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton)

actinia; actinian; actiniarian (any sea anemone or related animal)

Actinia; genus Actinia (a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools)

Holonyms ("Actinaria" is a member of...):

Actinozoa; Anthozoa; class Actinozoa; class Anthozoa (a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed)