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actinias

actinias is the plural of actinia.

Meaning of actinia

Noun

actinia (plural actinias or actiniae)

  1. A sea anemone, specifically a member of the genus Actinia.
    • The Abbe Dicquemarre has further elucidated the history of the actinia; and observed their manner of taking their prey by inclosing it in these beautiful rays like a net.1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 121

Questions about actinias

What is actinias the plural of?
Actinias is the plural of actinia.

Words near actinias in the dictionary

  1. actinians
  2. actiniarian
  3. actiniarians
  4. actiniarid
  5. actiniarids
  6. actinias
  7. actinic
  8. actinic flux
  9. actinic fluxes
  10. actinic keratoses
  11. actinic keratosis

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