different between actinia vs polyactina

actinia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

actinia (plural actinias or actiniae)

  1. a sea anemone, a member of the genus Actinia.
    • 1869, Cooke (editor), Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, page 205:
      Cut off the tentacles of an actinia, and they are replaced in a short time, and the experiment may be repeated indefinitely.

Translations


Latin

Noun

act?nia

  1. nominative plural of act?nium
  2. accusative plural of act?nium
  3. vocative plural of act?nium

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polyactina

English

Noun

polyactina pl (plural only)

  1. (zoology) An old name for those Anthozoa which, like the actinias, have numerous simple tentacles.

References

  • polyactina in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • nyctalopia

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