alcyonarian
/al-see-uh-nair-ee-uhn/US // ˌæl si əˈnɛər i ən //
藻类,藻类动物,藻类植物,藻类的
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any anthozoan coelenterate of the subclass Alcyonaria, as corals and sea anemones, having the tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : belonging or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.
Examples
In the Alcyonarian forms belonging to this great group these tentacles are always eight in number, and fringed on both sides.
More interesting than the Annelids, however, are the Alcyonarian Actinozoa.
Every Alcyonarian colony is developed by budding from a single parent zooid.
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