Anthozoon

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"Unlike stony corals and other anthozoa, whose polyps have sixfold symmetry, the polyps of a gorgonian have eightfold symmetry."

Etymology

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

Related phrases

sea anemone

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