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ACTINIARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Actiniaria mean?
• ACTINIARIA (noun)
The noun ACTINIARIA has 1 sense:
1. sea anemones
Familiarity information: ACTINIARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sea anemones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Actinaria; Actiniaria; order Actinaria; order Actiniaria
Hypernyms ("Actiniaria" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Actiniaria"):
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 ("Actiniaria" 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)
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