anthozoan

2 definitions found

anthozoan - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Anthozoan \An`tho*zo"an\, a. (Zool.)
     Pertaining to the Anthozoa. -- n. One of the Anthozoa.
     [1913 Webster]

anthozoan - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anthozoan
      n 1: sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and
           colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
           [syn: anthozoan, actinozoan]