sea anemone

Any of many polyps, of the order Actiniaria, which occurs in marine and estuarine habitats, and which captures its food using tentacles.


anemone

From Latin anemōnē, from Ancient Greek ἀνεμώνη (anemṓnē), from ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind”) + matronymic suffix -ώνη (-ṓnē, “daughter of”).
Or from Phoenician *𐤍𐤏𐤌𐤍 (*nʿmn), akin to Arabic شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان (šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān, “anemones”) and Hebrew (Isaiah Scroll) נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (nit'ei na'amanim, “plants of pleasantness”).

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شَقَائِق اَلنُّعْمَان

Here (it was said) every year the youth Adonis was again wounded to death, and the river ran red with his blood, while the scarlet anemone bloomed among the cedars and walnuts.

1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 23:

Then walking slowly forward he read the letter again, murmuring here and there a word. Angry tulips with you darling manflower punish your cactus if you don’t please poor forgetmenot how I long violets to dear roses when we soon anemone meet all naughty nightstalk wife Martha’s perfume. Having read it all […]

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 5]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower.

(Pulsatilla alpina, Syn.: Anemone alpina L.) lalpanaemun


triffid

Coined by John Wyndham for his 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids, by alteration of the botanical term trifid (“having three lobes”).

The plant is also very rare (related to triffids ... be wary) as it acts like a venus fly trap except it gives its catches to the fish, a truly symbiotic relationship

2000 February 8, Silvaa, “betta w/ plant”, in rec.aquaria.marine.misc (Usenet):

I too suffer from the dreaded Triffids !!! If you want a safer method of removal : I use boiling hot water and the syringe method.

2003 January 5, Jason, “What is this on my rock?”, in rec.aquaria.marine.misc (Usenet):

Ironically, these anemones are initially seen as a boon, the hobbyist having received "something for nothing" when the first few triffids appear in the nooks and crannies of the live rock.

(colloquial) Any of the anemones of the genus Aiptasia with poisonous tentacles, which are a pest in aquaria.


actinian

A sea anemone (of the order Actiniaria).


actinia

The Abbe Dicquemarre has further elucidated the history of the actinia; and observed their manner of taking their prey by inclosing it in these beautiful rays like a net.

1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 121:

Cut off the tentacles of an actinia, and they are replaced in a short time, and the experiment may be repeated indefinitely.

1869, Cooke (editor), Hardwicke's Science-Gossip, page 205

A sea anemone, specifically a member of the genus Actinia.


cìochag-thràghad

From cìoch (“breast, mammary gland, pap”, noun) + -ag (a feminine suffix used to form nouns meaning a smaller form of something) + tràghad, genitive singular of tràigh (“beach”) (from Old Irish tráig (“strand, shore, ebb-tide”)).

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sea anemone, a group of water-dwelling, predatory animals of the biological taxonomic order Actiniaria.


opelet

From ope + -let? So called because it does not retract its tentacles.

A bright-coloured European actinian (Anemonia sulcata), or the similar Anemonia viridis


halcampid

(zoology) Any sea anemone in the family Halcampidae.


hormathiid

(zoology) Any sea anemone in the family Hormathiidae.


metridiid

(zoology) Any sea anemone of the family Metridiidae.


sagartiid

(zoology) Any sea anemone in the family Sagartiidae.


stichodactylid

(zoology) Any sea anemone of the family Stichodactylidae.


ANDRILL anemone

en-noun

ANDRILL anemone (plural ANDRILL anemones)

From ANDRILL (the ANtarctic DRILLing Project) + (sea) anemone: it was discovered by researchers associated with the project.

Edwardsiella andrillae, a sea anemone of the family Edwardsiidae, found in the ice of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.


actiniarian

suf

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Actiniaria</i>


actinostolid

Any sea anemone of the family Actinostolidae


boloceroidarian

Any sea anemone of the infraorder Boloceroidaria


endomyarian

Any sea anemone of the subinfraorder Endomyaria


mesomyarian

Any sea anemone of the subinfraorder Mesomyaria


nynanthean

Any sea anemone in the suborder Nynantheae


zeedahlia

nl-noun

zeedahlia f (plural zeedahlia's, diminutive zeedahliaatje n)

zeedahlia's (plural)
zeedahliaatje (diminutive neuter)


actinioidean

Any sea anemone of the superfamily Actinioidea


athenarian

en-noun

athenarian (plural athenarians or athenaria)

Any sea anemone of the infraorder Athenaria


boloceroidid

Any sea anemone of the family Boloceroididae


anenthemonean

Any sea anemone of the suborder Anenthemonae


enthemonaean

Any sea anemone of the suborder Enthemonae


protanthean

Any sea anemone of the suborder Protanthaea


ptychodactean

Any sea anemone of the suborder Ptychodacteae


halcampoid

Any sea anemone of the genus Halcampoides


actiniid

Any sea anemone of the family Actiniidae


zeeanemoon

nl-noun

zeeanemoon f (plural zeeanemonen, diminutive zeeanemoontje n)

zeeanemonen (plural)
zeeanemoontje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: seeanemoon

sea anemone, animal of the order Actiniaria


ukwiał

ukwiał (nominative singular)
ukwiały (nominative plural)
ukwiała (genitive singular)
ukwiału (genitive singular)
ukwiałów (genitive plural)
ukwiałowi (dative singular)
ukwiałom (dative plural)
ukwiała (accusative singular)
ukwiały (accusative plural)
ukwiałem (instrumental singular)
ukwiałami (instrumental plural)
ukwiale (locative singular)
ukwiałach (locative plural)
ukwiale (singular vocative)
ukwiały (plural vocative)

From u- + some form of kwiat or kwitnąć.


glaucous pimplet

en-noun

glaucous pimplet (plural glaucous pimplets)

Anthopleura thallia, a species of sea anemone which lives in shallow waters of the Atlantic and Mediterranean.


false plum anemone

false plum anemone (plural false plum anemones)

Pseudactinia flagellifera, a species of African sea anemone.


شقائق النعمان

شَقَائِق النُّعْمَان (canonical)
šaqāʔiq an-nuʕmān (romanization)
šaqīq an-nuʕmān (romanization)
t (romanization)
شَقَائِق النُّعْمَان (collective definite diptote informal)
شَقَائِقُ النُّعْمَانِ (collective definite diptote nominative)
شَقَائِقَ النُّعْمَانِ (accusative collective definite diptote)
شَقَائِقِ النُّعْمَانِ (collective definite diptote genitive)
شَقِيقَة النُّعْمَان (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote informal singulative triptote)
شَقِيق النُّعْمَان (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote informal singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَةُ النُّعْمَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote nominative singulative triptote)
شَقِيقُ النُّعْمَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote nominative singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَةَ النُّعْمَانِ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite diptote singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَ النُّعْمَانِ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite diptote singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَةِ النُّعْمَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote genitive singulative triptote)
شَقِيقِ النُّعْمَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote genitive singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَتَيْ النُّعْمَان (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote dual informal singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَيْ النُّعْمَان (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote dual informal singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَتَا النُّعْمَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote dual nominative singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَا النُّعْمَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote dual nominative singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَتَيْ النُّعْمَانِ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite diptote dual singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَيْ النُّعْمَانِ (accusative ar-infl-a collective definite diptote dual singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَتَيْ النُّعْمَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote dual genitive singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَيْ النُّعْمَانِ (ar-infl-a collective definite diptote dual genitive singulative triptote)
شَقِيقَات النُّعْمَان (definite feminine informal paucal sound-form)
شَقِيقَاتُ النُّعْمَانِ (definite feminine nominative paucal sound-form)
شَقِيقَاتِ النُّعْمَانِ (accusative definite feminine paucal sound-form)
شَقِيقَاتِ النُّعْمَانِ (definite feminine genitive paucal sound-form)

→ Persian: شقایق (šaqâyeq)

Al-Nu'man III ibn al-Mundhir
Book of Isaiah
al-Hira

According to Arabic tradition it is the name of King nuʕmān ibn-al-munḏir of al-Ḥīra who patronized the flower, but this has been recognized after Lagarde as impossible, rather شَقِيقَة (šaqīqa) would be a cranberry morpheme from the root ش ق ق (š-q-q) meaning something like “gash, wound” and the second name equal the Biblical figure נַעֲמָן (naʕămān) as a byname of Adonis like נַעֲמָה (naʕămā) of Astarte, for in Jes. 17, 10 נִטְעֵי נַעֲמָנִים (niṭʕē naʕămānīm, “Gardens of Adonis”) were dedicated to the lover of Ishtar.

sea anemone (any polyp of the order Actiniaria)