ACTINOZOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Actinozoa mean? 

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

1. a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTINOZOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Actinozoa; Anthozoa; class Actinozoa; class Anthozoa

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

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Actinozoa"):

actinozoan; anthozoan (sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed)

Actinaria; Actiniaria; order Actinaria; order Actiniaria (sea anemones)

Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)

Madreporaria; order Madreporaria (stony corals)

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

Cnidaria; Coelenterata; phylum Cnidaria; phylum Coelenterata (hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals)