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    ACTINOZOA

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressedplay

    Synonyms:

    Actinozoa; Anthozoa; class Actinozoa; class Anthozoa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Actinozoa" is a kind of...):

    class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

    Meronyms (members of "Actinozoa"):

    actinozoan; anthozoan (sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed)

    Actinaria; Actiniaria; order Actinaria; order Actiniaria (sea anemones)

    Alcyonaria; order Alcyonaria (corals and sea anemones having eight branches)

    Madreporaria; order Madreporaria (stony corals)

    Holonyms ("Actinozoa" is a member of...):

    Cnidaria; Coelenterata; phylum Cnidaria; phylum Coelenterata (hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals)

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