A sedentary marine coelenterate with a columnar body which bears a ring of stinging tentacles around the mouth.
海葵
Order Actiniaria, class Anthozoa
Example sentencesExamples
Our last day together we took a trip to the coast at low tide and saw sea anemones, barnacles, and mussels in the tide pools.
There were sea anemones, lots of colorful starfish, and even some sea urchins.
Scattered about were sea anemones, reddish lumps in the daylight, but, I was told, when they opened at night their massed tentacles would be almost scarlet.
Definition of sea anemone in US English:
sea anemone
nounsi əˈnɛmənisē əˈnemənē
A sedentary marine coelenterate with a columnar body which bears a ring of stinging tentacles around the mouth.
海葵
Order Actiniaria, class Anthozoa
Example sentencesExamples
Our last day together we took a trip to the coast at low tide and saw sea anemones, barnacles, and mussels in the tide pools.
Scattered about were sea anemones, reddish lumps in the daylight, but, I was told, when they opened at night their massed tentacles would be almost scarlet.
There were sea anemones, lots of colorful starfish, and even some sea urchins.