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.
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Actinia
Synonyms for "actinia" (5 found)
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Noun(1 words)
actinia genus
Strong matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
sea anemonesea anemone genus
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3 entriesActinia equinaActinia fragaceaBeadlet anemone
Collocations
6 entriesActinia equinaActinia fragaceacnidarian polypintertidal habitatmarine invertebratesea anemone
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
1 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Cut off the tentacles of an actinia, and they are replaced in a short time, and the experiment may be repeated indefinitely.
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