Meanings
plural anthozoa · plural anthozoans
- marine biologyA marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral.
1 more example
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 anthozoans and crustaceans over which the tide washed twice a day […].
2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 126
Synonyms & antonyms
nounsessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish korallieläin
- korallieläina marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa
French anthozoaire
- anthozoairea marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa
Portuguese antozoário
- antozoárioa marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa
Spanish antozoo
- antozooa marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa
Cite this entry
anthozoan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthozoan
“anthozoan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthozoan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “anthozoan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anthozoan.
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