actinia

See also: Actinia and actínia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

actinia (plural actinias or actiniae)

  1. a sea anemone, a member of the genus Actinia.
    • 1869, Cooke (editor), Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, page 205:
      Cut off the tentacles of an actinia, and they are replaced in a short time, and the experiment may be repeated indefinitely.

Translations

Latin

Noun

actīnia

  1. nominative plural of actīnium
  2. accusative plural of actīnium
  3. vocative plural of actīnium
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