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anthozoon

anthozoon noun: a member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.

Noun

anthozoon (plural anthozoa)

  1. A member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.
    • Unlike stony corals and other anthozoa, whose polyps have sixfold symmetry, the polyps of a gorgonian have eightfold symmetry.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 134

Forms of anthozoon

pluralanthozoa

Origin of anthozoon

From antho- + -zoon, after class name Anthozoa.

Questions about anthozoon

What does anthozoon mean?
Anthozoon means a member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.
What part of speech is anthozoon?
Anthozoon is a noun.
What is the plural of anthozoon?
The plural of anthozoon is anthozoa.

Words near anthozoon in the dictionary

  1. anthoxanthins
  2. anthozoa
  3. anthozoan
  4. anthozoans
  5. anthozoic
  6. anthozoon
  7. anthozymase
  8. anthra-
  9. anthrac-
  10. anthracaemia
  11. anthracene

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