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sea anemone

sea anemone noun: any polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and captures its food using tentacles.

sea anemone: any polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and captures its food...
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Noun

sea anemone (plural sea anemones)

  1. Any polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and captures its food using tentacles.

sea anemone meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Tagalog and Arabic

sea anemone in Tamil

கடல் சாமந்தி

sea anemone in Marathi

polyp
समुद्रफूल samudraphūl, समुद्रपुष्प samudrapuṣpa

sea anemone in Tagalog

polyp
anemonang-dagat

sea anemone in Arabic

polyp
شَقِيقَة نُعْمَانِ اَلْبَحْرِ
More languagesFewer languages
sea anemone in Malay
buran
sea anemone in Vietnamese
hải quỳ

Forms of sea anemone

pluralsea anemones
alternative formsea-anemone

Origin of sea anemone

From sea + anemone.

Words formed from sea anemone

Questions about sea anemone

What does sea anemone mean?
Sea anemone means any polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and captures its food using tentacles.
What is sea anemone in Tamil?
Sea anemone in Tamil is கடல் சாமந்தி. See Sea anemone meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sea anemone?
Sea anemone is a noun.
What is the plural of sea anemone?
The plural of sea anemone is sea anemones.

Words near sea anemone in the dictionary

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  2. sea adders
  3. sea air
  4. sea anchor
  5. sea anchors
  6. sea anemone
  7. sea anemones
  8. sea angel
  9. sea angels
  10. sea ape
  11. sea apes

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