actinia
noun
a sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia.
actiniae
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pluralof actinia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 George Manville Fenn
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 Jules Verne
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 William Henry Giles Kingston
