Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- The flower-animals, or animal-flowers; a former class or large group of zoöphytes, inexactly equivalent to the modern class Actinozoa (which see). By some, who have included the Polyzoa under zoöphytes, Anthozoa has been made the other and prime division of zoöphytes, and has been divided into Hydroida, Asteroida, and Helianthoida. The Anthozoa have also been divided into Actiniidæ, Zoanthidæ, Xeniidæ, Alcyoniidæ, Pennatulidæ, Tubiporidæ, Caryophyllidæ, and Gorgoniidæ.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) The class of the Cœlenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
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“` anthozoa, 'so-called from two Greek words meaning ` living flowers.”
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mollusque See citation at bryozoa. Feb 27, 2009