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sea anemone

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
sea anemone
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and captures its food using tentacles.

Etymology

From sea + anemone.

Inflected Forms

sea anemones (plural) sea-anemone (alternative)

Phrases

starlet sea anemone Venus flytrap sea anemone

Synonyms

anemone

Questions

What does sea anemone mean?
Any polyp of the order Actiniaria that occurs in marine or estuarine habitats and captures its food using tentacles.
Where does sea anemone come from?
From sea + anemone.

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