sea anemone

noun

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

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anemone
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Meanings

nounsea anemone (plural sea anemones)

plural sea anemones · alternative sea-anemone

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounmarine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton

Similar
anemone
Broader
anthozoanactinozoan
Also see
anemone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From sea + anemone.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη
  • ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē)polyp
Arabic شَقِيقَة نُعْمَانِ اَلْبَحْرِ
  • شَقِيقَة نُعْمَانِ اَلْبَحْرِpolyp
Brazilian Portuguese anêmona-do-mar
  • anêmona-do-marpolyp
Bulgarian актиния
  • актиния (aktinija)polyp
Chinese Mandarin 海葵
  • 海葵 (hǎikuí)polyp
Czech sasanka
  • sasankapolyp
Danish søanemone
  • søanemonepolyp
Dutch zeeanemoon
  • zeeanemoonpolyp
Esperanto aktinio, maranemono
  • aktiniopolyp
  • maranemonopolyp
  • marrozopolyp
European Portuguese anémona-do-mar
  • anémona-do-marpolyp
Finnish merivuokko
  • merivuokkopolyp
French anémone de mer
  • anémone de merpolyp
German Seeanemone
  • Seeanemonepolyp
Greek θαλάσσια ανεμώνη
  • θαλάσσια ανεμώνη (thalássia anemóni)polyp
Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנַּת יָם
  • שׁוֹשַׁנַּת יָם (shoshanát yam)polyp
Hungarian tengerirózsa
  • tengerirózsapolyp
Irish bundún leice
  • bundún leicepolyp
Japanese イソギンチャク, 磯巾着
  • イソギンチャク (isoginchaku)polyp
  • 磯巾着 (isoginchaku)polyp
Korean 말미잘
  • 말미잘 (malmijal)polyp
Malay buran
  • buranpolyp
Māori hūmenga, kōtore
  • hūmengapolyp
  • kōtorepolyp
  • kōtoretorepolyp
Polish ukwiał
  • ukwiałpolyp
Romanian anemonă-de-mare, actinie
  • anemonă-de-marepolyp
  • actiniepolyp
Russian акти́ния
  • акти́ния (aktínija)polyp
Scottish Gaelic cìochag-thràghad
  • cìochag-thràghadpolyp
Spanish anémona de mar, anemona / anemone marina
  • anémona de marpolyp
  • anemona / anemone marinapolyp
Swedish havsanemon, anemon
  • havsanemonpolyp
  • anemonpolyp
Tagalog anemonang-dagat
  • anemonang-dagatpolyp
Vietnamese hải quỳ
  • hải quỳpolyp
Cite this entry
APA

sea anemone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20anemone

MLA

“sea anemone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20anemone. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sea anemone,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sea%20anemone.

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