actinozoan

[ ak-tin-uh-zoh-uhn, ak-tuh-nuh- ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. anthozoan.

actinozoan

/ ˌæktɪnəʊˈzəʊən /

noun

1. another word for anthozoan

Word History and Origins

Origin of actinozoan¹

actino- + -zo(a) + -an

Example Sentences

We shall here focus attention upon one interesting line of speculation followed out in this country particularly by Sedgwick—the theory of the Actinozoan ancestry of segmented animals.

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