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actinaria
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actinaria, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. , , ray.].
An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. [1913 Webster]
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