Definition of Actinea
||Ac*tin"i*a (&?;), n.; pl. L.
Actiniæ (&?;), E. Actinias (&?;).
[Latinized fr. Gr. &?;, &?;, ray.] (Zoöl.) (a)
An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidæ.
From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called
animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
(b) A genus in the family
Actinidæ.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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