Phrase guide

sea anemone

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anemone

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: anthozoan, actinozoan

Narrower terms: actinia, actinian, actiniarian

History

Etymology

From sea + anemone.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَقِيقَة نُعْمَانِ اَلْبَحْرِ — polyp
  • Breton: bronn-vor — polyp
  • Bulgarian: актиния (aktinija) — polyp
  • Chinese Mandarin: 海葵 (hǎikuí) — polyp
  • Czech: sasanka — polyp
  • Danish: søanemone — polyp
  • Dutch: zeeanemoon — polyp
  • Esperanto: aktinio — polyp
  • Esperanto: maranemono — polyp
  • Esperanto: marrozo — polyp
  • Finnish: merivuokko — polyp
  • French: anémone de mer — polyp
  • Galician: anemone — polyp
  • Galician: apegón — polyp
  • Galician: anemone de mar — polyp
  • German: Seeanemone — polyp
  • Greek: θαλάσσια ανεμώνη (thalássia anemóni) — polyp
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē) — polyp
  • Hebrew: שׁוֹשַׁנַּת יָם (shoshanát yam) — polyp
  • Hungarian: tengerirózsa — polyp
  • Irish: bundún leice — polyp
  • Japanese: イソギンチャク (isoginchaku) — polyp
  • Japanese: 磯巾着 (isoginchaku) — polyp
  • Korean: 말미잘 (malmijal) — polyp
  • Malay: buran — polyp
  • Māori: hūmenga — polyp
  • Māori: kōtore — polyp
  • Māori: kōtoretore — polyp
  • Marathi: समुद्रफूल (samudraphūl) — polyp
  • Marathi: समुद्रपुष्प (samudrapuṣpa) — polyp
  • Navajo: tóchʼil halání — polyp
  • Norman: con d'rotchi — polyp
  • Polish: ukwiał — polyp
  • Brazilian Portuguese: anêmona-do-mar — polyp
  • European Portuguese: anémona-do-mar — polyp
  • Romanian: anemonă-de-mare — polyp
  • Romanian: actinie — polyp
  • Russian: акти́ния (aktínija) — polyp
  • Scottish Gaelic: cìochag-thràghad — polyp
  • Slovene: mórska vétrnica — polyp
  • Spanish: anémona de mar — polyp
  • Spanish: anemona / anemone marina — polyp
  • Swedish: havsanemon — polyp
  • Swedish: anemon — polyp
  • Tagalog: anemonang-dagat — polyp
  • Vietnamese: hải quỳ — polyp