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Definition of Zoantus
||Zo*an"thus (?), n. [NL. See
Zoantharia.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Actinaria,
including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids
or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their
bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The
tentacles are small and bright colored.
||Zo*an"thus (?), n. [NL. See
Zoantharia.] (Zoöl.) A genus of Actinaria,
including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids
or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their
bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The
tentacles are small and bright colored.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Zoöl.) A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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