sea anemone

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English - Turkish
deniz şakayığı
bot. denizşakayığı
denizşakayığı
English - English
Any of many polyps, of the order Actiniaria, which occurs in marine and estuarine habitats, and which captures its food using tentacles
Any of numerous flowerlike marine coelenterates of the class Anthozoa, having a flexible cylindrical body and tentacles surrounding a central mouth. a small brightly coloured sea animal that sticks onto rocks and looks like a flower. Any of more than 1,000 cnidarian species in the order Actiniaria, found from the tidal zone of all oceans to depths of more than 30,000 ft (10,000 m) and occasionally in brackish water. Species vary from less than 1 in. (3 cm) to about 5 ft (1.5 m) in diameter. The mouth, at the upper end of the cylindrical body, is surrounded by petal-like, usually colourful tentacles that bear stinging nematocysts for paralyzing prey such as fishes. Some species eat only microorganisms. Most species remain permanently attached to a hard surface such as a rock or the back of a crab
marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
sea polyp with a gelatinous body and petal-like tentacles
Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actinaria; an actinian
{i} actinian
sea anemones
plural form of sea anemone
sea-anemone
Attributive form of sea anemone

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A sea anemone
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The sea anemone
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sea anemone

    Hyphenation

    sea a·ne·mo·ne

    Turkish pronunciation

    si ınemıni

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsē ənˈemənē/ /ˈsiː ənˈɛməniː/

    Etymology

    [ 'sE ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English see, from Old English s[AE]; akin to Old High German sE sea, Gothic saiws.
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