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Word: Alcyonarian
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Rymer Jones (1810–1880), morphologist and physiologist. From scientific Latin Alcyonaria, group name + -an
Definition:
Belonging to the Alcyonaria, a group of anthozoan cnidarians comprising the soft corals, having polyps with eight pinnate tentacles; of or relating to this group.
Word: Alcyonarian
Speech Type: Noun
Definition:
An alcyonarian coral; = octocorallian.
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