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 sea anemone
 海葵

 Sea a·nem·o·ne Zool. Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order Actinaria; an actinian.
 Note: ☞ They have the oral disk surrounded by one or more circles of simple tapering tentacles, which are often very numerous, and when expanded somewhat resemble the petals of flowers, with colors varied and often very beautiful.
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 sea anemone
      n : marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of
          tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
          [syn: anemone]