anthozoicadj.
/anθəˈzəʊɪk/, U.S. /ænθəˈzoʊɪk/ Zoology. Now rare.
= anthozoan adj.Not now in technical use.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of or relating to the Anthozoa
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anthozoan1844
anthozooid1851
actinozoal1861
actinozoan1885
madreporid1897
madreporidan1899
1843 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals ix. 101 The larger forms of Radiata..seem to diverge from the Anthozoic division of the Polypi of Cuvier.
1858 W. Clark in tr. J. van der Hoeven Handbk. Zool. II. Pref. p. xi If, however, this class [sc. Bryozoa] be placed near the Tunicata.., as many objections might be urged as are now advanced by different writers against their union with the anthozoic type.
1877 C. B. Radcliffe Proteus (ed. 2) iii. 47 This may be no more than a modification of the hollow tentacle which is natural to the bryozoic and anthozoic polypes.
1999 Y. B. Williams Art of Dying v. 59 Because coral is the skeletal remains of anthozoic animals, we might view it as a symbol of death, or of a previous life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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