See Also: zoantharian(medicine)
zoantharian(dictionary)

zoantharian (iou)



zoantharian noun & adjective. L19.
[from mod. Latin Zoantharia (see below), from Greek zoion animal + anthos flower: see -ARIAN.]
Zoology.
A. noun. An anthozoan of the subclass Zoantharia, which includes sea anemones and stony corals with polyps that bear more than eight, rarely pinnate, tentacles. L19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to this subclass. L19.
zo'anthid,
zoan'thidean nouns & adjectives (a) noun a zoantharian of the small order Zoanthidea, which includes small animals like sea anemones with a single siphonoglyph; (b) adjective of or pertaining to this order: L20.