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- Sea Anemone -
pronounced [see-uh-nem-uh-nee]
pronounced [see-uh-nem-uh-nee]
noun
any sedentary marine animal of the phylum Coelenterata, having a columnar body and one or more circles of tentacles surrounding the mouth.
Science Dictionary
Any of numerous, often brightly colored cnidarians of the class Anthozoa, having flexible cylindrical bodies with tentacles surrounding a central mouth. Sea anemones are related to jellyfish and corals, but have no free-swimming (medusoid) stage, and resemble flowers.
Origin
1735–45
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sea+anemone
Science Dictionary
Any of numerous, often brightly colored cnidarians of the class Anthozoa, having flexible cylindrical bodies with tentacles surrounding a central mouth. Sea anemones are related to jellyfish and corals, but have no free-swimming (medusoid) stage, and resemble flowers.
Origin
1735–45
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sea+anemone
