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- noun Plural form of
anemone .
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Examples
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I amused myself picking some pretty arctic flowers, such as anemones, poppies, and saxifrage, which grew in sheltered nooks amongst the rocks.
Stray Leaves from an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 Sherard Osborn 1848
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Malay would declare to be unrivalled in the world; here is a cream, of which the milk has been furnished by the cetacea, and the sugar by the great fucus of the North Sea; and, lastly, permit me to offer you some preserve of anemones, which is equal to that of the most delicious fruits.”
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She also eats nematocysts, the stinging cells of cnidarians, such as anemones and jellyfish.
BC Bloggers 2010
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She also eats nematocysts, the stinging cells of cnidarians, such as anemones and jellyfish.
BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010
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"Enhanced GFP" Blue Cyan Citrine Also fluorecent proteins form other animals such as anemones
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Sea; and, lastly, permit me to offer you some preserve of anemones, which is equal to that of the most delicious fruits. "
Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866
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The pilings are covered with plumose anemones, invertebrate filter feeders.
Field & Stream 2010
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Crabs, starfish and other deep sea creatures swarm small patches of corals, and tiny sea anemones sprout from the sand like miniature forests across a lunar-like landscape illuminated only by the lights of the sub, otherwise living in a deep, dark environment far from the sun's reach.
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The sea anemones were especially poignant as their clown fish residents look like little nemos living in a glass house.
Dr. Terry Gosliner: From Beautiful Nudibranchs to Coral Graveyards: Marine Research in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (PHOTOS) Dr. Terry Gosliner 2010
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On the low tables at the center of each seating section were the aquarium centerpieces Noelle had promised, and along the walls stood elaborate arrangements of coral and sea anemones, which had somehow been animated to sway lazily, as if they were actually growing from the bottom of the ocean.
Ominous Kate Brian 2011
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