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anemone

[uh-nem-uh-nee] / əˈnɛm əˌni /
NOUN
polyp
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He receives live sea anemone, which he presents tableside to guests so they can better understand what they are eating.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2025

“Sea anemone is very textural, and requires a lot of preparation,” Hudda explains.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 18, 2025

Slice it in half, and each piece becomes a complete, fully functional anemone.

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2024

"This proportional response allows the anemone to restore its shape, highlighting how organisms like Nematostella interpret and respond to tissue loss in a way that's scaled to the damage incurred."

From Science Daily Nov. 29, 2024

The crab and anemone recognize each other as partners by molecular configurations, as do the anemones and their symbiotic damsel fish.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

To investigate how old this defense system might be, the researchers studied sea anemones.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

"In Strangford Lough, we have seagrass beds that support overwintering Brent Geese, rocky reefs with kelp forests and a range of species from starfish, anemones and crabs to seals and dolphins," he said.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2026

Inside the egg, a surprise awaits: a bouquet of flowers made of white quartz wood anemones, each flower with gold wire stem and stamens.

From Barron's Nov. 27, 2025

It uses a cavernous hood to trap crustaceans to eat — a feeding strategy also used by anemones and some jellies.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2024

Vines wrapped the pillars, and epiphytes clung to the ceiling like anemones, or roosting butterflies.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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