actinia
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Etymology
Origin of actinia
From New Latin, dating back to 1740–50; see origin at actin-, -ia
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The locomotive power of the anemone, or actinia, is very sluggish.
From Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
An important member of the zoophyte family, and one often introduced into aquaria, is the actinia, or sea-anemone, sometimes called sea-rose.
From Harper's Young People, April 13, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
On the afternoon following the expedition to Bickleypool, Louis was seated, with an earthenware pan before him, coaxing an actinia with raw beef to expand her blossom, to be copied for Miss Faithfull.
From Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 1 by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
He had a glass globe on the table, and from time to time he went on feeding with scraps of mussel the beautiful specimens of actinia; attached to a fragment of rock.
From The Haute Noblesse A Novel by Fenn, George Manville
The Abbe Dicquemarre has further elucidated the history of the actinia; and observed their manner of taking their prey by inclosing it in these beautiful rays like a net.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Darwin, Erasmus
Great sea slugs crawled about on the bottom with gigantic starfish, and actiniae of vivid colours spread their tentacled blossoms.
From Fire Island Being the Adventures of Uncertain Naturalists in an Unknown Track by Fenn, George Manville
In the midst of this inextricable mass of plants and sea weed, I noticed some charming pink halcyons and actiniae, with their long tentacles trailing after them, and medusae, green, red, and blue.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Verne, Jules
It was thickly covered with a mass of corals, actiniae, and other productions of the ocean, of vast dimensions, of every possible form, and of the most brilliant colours.
From In the Eastern Seas by Kingston, William Henry Giles
Sea anemones, in English, I believe," said the Doctor, "actinias, serpulas, and sabellas.
From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry
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