sea anemone
sea anemone
Definition
sea anemone
noun
any of an order (Actiniaria) of flowerlike, anthozoan sea polyps having a firm, gelatinous, often large, body without a skeleton, topped with petal-like tentacles: they are often brightly colored and live attached to rocks, pilings, etc.
sea anemone
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- identify: I need help to identify a sea anemone I saw in my last dive.
- find: Find a sea anemone and wait quietly before placing your fingers gently close-by.
- eat: Many species of sea slug that eat sea anemones or hydroids, do it without activating their prey's stinging cells.
- contain: Sagartia troglodytes Many of the sandy pools contained the sea anemone Sagartia troglodytes although not in large numbers.
Adjective modifier
- British: A4 - I am fascinated by the reproductive habits of the British sea anemones.
- other: This orange color is diagnostic as it is not found in Metridium senile and other sea anemones of the NE Atlantic.
- small: It is a small sea anemone that has probably overlooked before or incorrectly identified.
- uncommon: This uncommon sea anemone is present locally but rarely found.
- rare: The stiller waters of the inner lagoon are home to the rare starlet sea anemone.
- tiny: The polyps behave like tiny sea anemones with stinging cells to capture the even smaller life in the plankton.
Noun used with modifier
- starlet: Dingle Marshes is one of only a handful of sites in England where the tiny starlet sea anemone is found.
- sediment-dwelling: There were also a few sediment-dwelling attachment type sea anemones discovered, although these were not Edwardsia ivelli.
- attachment: There were also a few sediment-dwelling attachment type sea anemones discovered, although these were not Edwardsia ivelli.
- type: There were also a few sediment-dwelling attachment type sea anemones discovered, although these were not Edwardsia ivelli.
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