Definitions for alcyonarian

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alcyonarian al·cy·o·nar·i·an

Spelling: [al-see-uh-nair-ee-uh n]

IPA: /ˌæl si əˈnɛər i ən/

Alcyonarian is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 442 anagrams from letters in alcyonarian (aaacilnnory).

Definitions for alcyonarian

noun

1. any anthozoan coelenterate of the subclass Alcyonaria, as corals and sea anemones, having the tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the Alcyonaria.

Origin of alcyonarian

1875-80; New Latin Alcyonari(a) (Greek alkyón(ion) a type of coral named from its resemblance to the nest of the kingfisher (alkyṓn) + Latin -āria -ary) + Examples for alcyonarian

Every alcyonarian colony is developed by budding from a single parent zooid.

In the alcyonarian forms belonging to this great group these tentacles are always eight in number, and fringed on both sides.

More interesting than the Annelids, however, are the alcyonarian Actinozoa.