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cnidarian vs actinozoan

actinozoan vs cnidarian

cnidarian and actinozoan both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cnidarian Yes No No No
actinozoan Yes No No No
As nouns, actinozoan is a hyponym of cnidarian; that is, actinozoan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cnidarian:
  • cnidarian: radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
  • actinozoan: sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
Other hyponyms of cnidarian include polyp, medusa, medusan, medusoid, jellyfish, scyphozoan, hydroid, hydrozoan, anthozoan.
cnidarian (noun) actinozoan (noun)
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
Difference between cnidarian and actinozoan

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