Sea Anemone (Noun)
Meaning
Marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- A diver cautiously navigated around a large sea anemone in the shallow waters of the reef.
- Sea anemones swayed gently back and forth with the current in the tidal zone.
- Many sea anemones thrive in areas of intense sunlight and well-oxygenated waters.
- Underneath a sea anemone, a young damselfish found protection from potential predators lurking above.
- After cleaning off some mussels from her face, a clumsy hermit crab dodged an entanglement of sticky tentacles on the largest nearby sea anemone.