Definition of anthozoas Anthozoas
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What does anthozoas mean?
Part of speech
🔤- anthozoas, noun, plural of anthozoa.
WordNet
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| anthozoa - a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed | ||
| class Anthozoa, Actinozoa, class Actinozoa | ||
| class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" | ||
| cnidaria, coelenterata, phylum cnidaria, phylum coelenterata hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals | ||
| 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 | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- anthozoa (n. pl.)
The class of the Coelenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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anthozoa
an′tho-zō-a, n.pl. another name for Actinozoa, one of the three classes of Cœlenterates, including sea-anemones, corals, &c. [Gr. anthos, a flower, zōa, animals.]
