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

a sea anemone

• Esperanto: aktinio (eo), maranemono, marrozo
• German: Seeanemone (de) f
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• Portuguese: actínia f
• Volapük: katiniad

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) actīnia

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