genus actinia

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   a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools

   SynonymsActinia

   Broadercoelenterate genus

   Part ofActiniaria

Questions about genus actinia

What does genus actinia mean?

genus actinia means "a genus of sea anemone common in rock pools".

What is another word for genus actinia?

Close synonyms include Actinia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus actinia a common word?

genus actinia is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.