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ACTINIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does actinian mean?
• ACTINIAN (noun)
The noun ACTINIAN has 1 sense:
1. any sea anemone or related animal
Familiarity information: ACTINIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any sea anemone or related animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
actinia; actinian; actiniarian
Hypernyms ("actinian" 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 ("actinian" is a member of...):
Actinaria; Actiniaria; order Actinaria; order Actiniaria (sea anemones)
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