ACTINIA (actiniae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: actiniae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Actinia mean? 

• ACTINIA (noun)
  The noun ACTINIA has 2 senses:

1. a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools

2. any sea anemone or related animal

  Familiarity information: ACTINIA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of sea anemone common in rock pools

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Actinia; genus Actinia

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

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any sea anemone or related animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

actinia; actinian; actiniarian

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

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

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

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