actinozoa

2 definitions found

actinozoa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Actinozoa \Ac"ti*no*zo"a\, n. pl. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + zw^on
     animal.] (Zool.)
     A group of C[oe]lenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and
     Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar
     example.
     [1913 Webster]

actinozoa - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Actinozoa
      n 1: a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that
           includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is
           entirely suppressed [syn: Anthozoa, class Anthozoa,
           Actinozoa, class Actinozoa]