Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anthozoa

1 sense of anthozoa

Sense 1
Anthozoa, class Anthozoa, Actinozoa, class Actinozoa -- (a large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed)
       => class -- ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun anthozoan

1 sense of anthozoan

Sense 1
anthozoan, actinozoan -- (sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed)
       => coelenterate, cnidarian -- (radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms)