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anthozoan

UK/anθə(ʊ)ˈzəʊən/

anthozoan noun: a marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral.

Noun

anthozoan (plural anthozoa or anthozoans)

  1. (marine biology) A marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral.
    • In his childhood, he said, he used to walk beside the chalk cliffs of Devon and Cornwall, […] admiring the endless diversity of the semi-sentient marvels oscillating between the vegetable, animal and mineral kingdoms, the zooids and corallines, sea anemones, sea fans and sea feathers, the...2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 126

Forms of anthozoan

pluralanthozoa
pluralanthozoans

Origin of anthozoan

From Anthozoa + -n.

Questions about anthozoan

What does anthozoan mean?
Anthozoan means a marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral.
What part of speech is anthozoan?
Anthozoan is a noun.
How do you pronounce anthozoan?
Anthozoan is pronounced /anθə(ʊ)ˈzəʊən/ (UK).
What is the plural of anthozoan?
The plural of anthozoan is anthozoa.

Words near anthozoan in the dictionary

  1. anthoxanthin
  2. anthoxanthine
  3. anthoxanthines
  4. anthoxanthins
  5. anthozoa
  6. anthozoan
  7. anthozoans
  8. anthozoic
  9. anthozoon
  10. anthozymase
  11. anthra-

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