sea anemone

/si əˌnɛməni/

Other forms: sea anemones

Definitions of sea anemone

1. noun

   marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
   synonyms: anemone

   types:

   actinia, actinian, actiniarian

   any sea anemone or related animal

   type of:

   actinozoan, anthozoan

   sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed