sea pen

sea pen
noun
fleshy featherlike warm-water colonies
• Hypernyms: ↑anthozoan, ↑actinozoan
• Member Holonyms: ↑Pennatula, ↑genus Pennatula

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noun
1. : any of numerous alcyonarians belonging to Pennatula and related genera in which the colony has a feathery form and the stem or shaft of the colony contains a calcareous or horny axis embedded at the lower end in the mud of the sea bottom
2.
b. : squid

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any of several colonial coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, having the shape of a fleshy feather.
[1755-65]

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sea pen noun
1. A featherlike anthozoan coelenterate (esp Pennatula)
2. A name for the squid's internal shell
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Main Entry: ↑sea

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sea pen,
any anthozoan polyp of a group that form featherlike colonies; sea feather.

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n. a marine coelenterate related to the corals, forming a feather-shaped colony with a horny or calcareous skeleton. ● Order Pennatulacea, class Anthozoa

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  • Sea pen — Pen Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sea-pen — Pen Pen, n. [OE. penne, OF. penne, pene, F. penne, fr. L. penna.] 1. A feather. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. A wing. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. An instrument used for writing with ink, formerly made of a reed, or of the quill of a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sea-pen — n. (Zo[ o]l.) A pennatula. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sea pen — sea′ pen n. ivt any soft coral of the order Pennataluceae, forming feather shaped colonies • Etymology: 1755–65 …   From formal English to slang

  • sea pen — n. any of an order (Pennatulacea) of mud dwelling anthozoans that form feather shaped colonies …   English World dictionary

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  • sea pen — any of several colonial coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, having the shape of a fleshy feather. [1755 65] * * * ▪ invertebrate       any of the 300 species of the order Pennatulacea, colonial invertebrate marine animals of… …   Universalium

  • sea pen — /ˈsi pɛn/ (say see pen) noun a coelenterate consisting of a central fleshy axis bearing fleshy lateral leaves provided with small polyps, as of the genus Pennatula and related forms …  

  • sea pen — noun Date: 1763 any of numerous anthozoans (order Pennatulacea) growing in colonies with a feathery form …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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