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Webster 1913 Edition

Alcyonium

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Alˊcy-o′ni-um

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] a zoöphyte, so called from being like the halcyon’s nest.]
(Zool.)
A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.

Webster 1828 Edition

Alcyonium

ALCYO'NIUM

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Noun.
The name of a submarine plant, or bastard spunge. Also a kind of astroit or coral, a fossil found in England.

Definition 2024

Alcyonium

Alcyonium

See also: alcyonium

Translingual

Alcyonium palmatum

Proper noun

Alcyonium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Alcyoniidae – numerous species of soft coral.

alcyonium

alcyonium

See also: Alcyonium

English

Noun

alcyonium ‎(plural alcyoniums)

  1. (zoology) Any of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays.

Etymology

From the genus name.

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