anthozoon

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noun

A member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounanthozoon (plural anthozoa)

plural anthozoa

  1. biologyA member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.First known use 19th c.

    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

Origin

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

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Chicago

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