Anthozoa

plural noun

An·​tho·​zoa

ˌan(t)-thə-ˈzōə

: a class of marine coelenterates comprising the corals, sea anemones, and related forms all of which lack medusa generation and are distinguished by polyps with radial partitions or mesenteries projecting from the body wall into the gastrovascular cavity see alcyonaria, zoantharia

anthozoan

¦an(t)-thə-¦zōən 

adjective or noun

anthozoic

¦an(t)-thə-¦zōik

adjective

anthozoon

ˌan(t)-thə-ˈzō-ˌän

-ən

noun

plural anthozoa

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from anth- entry 1 + -zoa

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

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