sea anemone
noun
: any of numerous usually solitary anthozoan polyps (order Actiniaria) whose form, bright and varied colors, and cluster of tentacles superficially resemble a flower
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The starlet sea anemone is the only species known to produce tentacles this way, but there is evidence that food intake effects the development of other cnidarian species.
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Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
Imagining a coral reef might bring to mind scenes teeming with fish, crustaceans and sea anemones.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
Their closest relatives that still live today include sponges, sea anemones and comb jellies.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
Animals discovered in the patch include crustaceans, sea anemones, mollusks and worms, the authors said.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
That, according to Laudet, might have something to do with adapting to the harsher environment presented by that species of anemone, which is more toxic than the magnificent sea anemone and with shorter tentacles, providing less shelter.
—Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 26 May 2021
But the researchers realized their probable identity as sea anemones (the order Actiniaria) after reexamining thousands of museum specimens.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 30 Mar. 2023
Just an auteur singing her songs, dancing like a sea anemone in the darkness of the ocean floor.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
While a sea anemone is nothing rare, fossil versions are highly uncommon.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2023
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Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
Imagining a coral reef might bring to mind scenes teeming with fish, crustaceans and sea anemones.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
Their closest relatives that still live today include sponges, sea anemones and comb jellies.
—Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
Animals discovered in the patch include crustaceans, sea anemones, mollusks and worms, the authors said.
—Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2023
That, according to Laudet, might have something to do with adapting to the harsher environment presented by that species of anemone, which is more toxic than the magnificent sea anemone and with shorter tentacles, providing less shelter.
—Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN, 26 May 2021
But the researchers realized their probable identity as sea anemones (the order Actiniaria) after reexamining thousands of museum specimens.
—Byscience News Staff, science.org, 30 Mar. 2023
Just an auteur singing her songs, dancing like a sea anemone in the darkness of the ocean floor.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
While a sea anemone is nothing rare, fossil versions are highly uncommon.
—Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2023
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1742, in the meaning defined above
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sea anemone
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: any of several invertebrate sea animals that are coelenterates, look like flowers, and have clusters of brightly colored tentacles around the mouth
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