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Definition of Actinaria
1. Noun. Sea anemones.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Actinozoa, Anthozoa, Class Actinozoa, Class Anthozoa
Member holonyms: Anemone, Sea Anemone, Actinia, Actinian, Actiniarian, Actinia, Genus Actinia
Definition of Actinaria
1. n. pl. A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.
Medical Definition of Actinaria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Actinaria
Literary usage of Actinaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"Parker, GH Sense organs of Nereis 328 Skeleton of Vulpes macrotis . 985 Skeleton
of the black bass . 984 Synopsis of North American actinaria 747 The ..."
2. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"THE ORDER OF actinaria OR SEA-ANEMONES. THE Sea-anemones and their immediate
allies have the ... actinaria ..."
3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1847)
"In the Alcyonaria there are uniformly eight in all; in the actinaria, either six,
... There is good reason for separating the Alcyonaria from the actinaria, ..."
4. The Standard Natural History by John Sterling Kingsley, Elliott Coues (1884)
"One of the best known genera of the actinaria is the genus Metridium, ... Many of
the actinaria are either free-swimming in their adult form, are parasitic, ..."
5. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1871)
"... "actinaria Edw." (order) A. and Mrs. EC Agassiz, Sea-side Studies in Natural
History, p. 7 and 152, after May, 1865. (No characters given or limits ..."
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