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PRONUNCIATION OF ALCYONARIAN

alcyonarian  [ˌælsɪəˈnɛərɪən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALCYONARIAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alcyonarian is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALCYONARIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

alcyonarian

Octocorallia

Octocorallia is a subclass of Anthozoa comprising around 3,000 species of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry. It includes the blue coral, soft corals, sea pens, and gorgonians within three orders: Alcyonacea, Helioporacea, and Pennatulacea. These organisms have an internal skeleton secreted by mesoglea and polyps with eight tentacles and eight mesentaries. As with all Cnidarians these organisms have a complex life cycle including a motile phase when they are considered plankton and later characteristic sessile phase.

Definition of alcyonarian in the English dictionary

The definition of alcyonarian in the dictionary is any of various colonial anthozoans of the subclass Alcyonaria. These anthozoans have eight tentacles as well as other body parts in branches or segments of eight.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALCYONARIAN


attitudinarian
ˌætɪˌtjuːdɪˈnɛərɪən
Catilinarian
ˌkætɪlɪˈnɛərɪən
centenarian
ˌsɛntɪˈnɛərɪən
disciplinarian
ˌdɪsɪplɪˈnɛərɪən
latitudinarian
ˌlætɪˌtjuːdɪˈnɛərɪən
lunarian
luːˈnɛərɪən
millenarian
ˌmɪlɪˈnɛərɪən
nonagenarian
ˌnəʊnədʒɪˈnɛərɪən
octogenarian
ˌɒktəʊdʒɪˈnɛərɪən
planarian
pləˈnɛərɪən
postmillenarian
ˌpəʊstˌmɪləˈnɛərɪən
predestinarian
ˌpriːdɛstɪˈnɛərɪən
premillenarian
ˌpriːmɪlɪˈnɛərɪən
quadragenarian
ˌkwɒdrədʒɪˈnɛərɪən
quinquagenarian
ˌkwɪŋkwədʒɪˈnɛərɪən
seminarian
ˌsɛmɪˈnɛərɪən
septuagenarian
ˌsɛptjʊədʒɪˈnɛərɪən
sexagenarian
ˌsɛksədʒɪˈnɛərɪən
valetudinarian
ˌvælɪˌtjuːdɪˈnɛərɪən
veterinarian
ˌvɛtərɪˈnɛərɪən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALCYONARIAN

alcoholicity
Alcoholics Anonymous
alcoholisation
alcoholise
alcoholism
alcoholization
alcoholize
alcoholometer
alcoholometry
Alcolock
alcool
alcopop
Alcoran
Alcoranic
alcorza
Alcott
alcove
alcoved

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALCYONARIAN

agrarian
antiquarian
assistant librarian
authoritarian
barbarian
Bavarian
Brian
Bulgarian
contrarian
humanitarian
Hungarian
libertarian
librarian
Marian
ovarian
riparian
sectarian
totalitarian
unitarian
utilitarian
vegetarian

Synonyms and antonyms of alcyonarian in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

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Translator English - Chinese

alcyonarian
1,325 millions of speakers

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alcyonarian
570 millions of speakers

English

alcyonarian
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Translator English - Hindi

alcyonarian
380 millions of speakers
ar

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alcyonarian
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

alcyonarian
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alcionário
270 millions of speakers

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alcyonarian
260 millions of speakers

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alcyonarian
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Translator English - Malay

Alcyonarian
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alcyonarian
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

alcyonarian
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Translator English - Korean

alcyonarian
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Translator English - Javanese

Alcyonarian
85 millions of speakers
vi

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alcyonarian
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alcyonarian
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चकचकीत
75 millions of speakers

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alcyonarian
70 millions of speakers

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alcyonarian
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alcyonarian
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

alcyonarian
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Translator English - Romanian

alcyonarian
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

alcyonarian
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

alcyonarian
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

alcyonarian
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

alcyonarian
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alcyonarian

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCYONARIAN»

The term «alcyonarian» is used very little and occupies the 190.100 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALCYONARIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alcyonarian

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALCYONARIAN»

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Alcyonarian and Madreporarian Corals of the Irish Coasts
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
J. Stephens, 2010
2
United States Geological Survey Professional Paper
Alga. Polytrema. l'orammiter. Millepora. Hydromedusa. Corallium. Alcyonarian. Distichopora. Hydromedusa. Tubipora. Alcyonarian. Heliopora. Alcyonarian. Serpula. Annelid. Spirula. Cephalopod. Terebratula. Brachiopod. Sepia. Cephalopod.
3
Treatise on Marine Ecology and Paleoecology
of the Tutuila reef alcyonarian fauna were studied; respiration rate of a number of Samoan species was determined. The composition of the reef limestone was studied in regard to the alcyonarian component. 6. Studies on the coral reefs of ...
Joel W. Iledgpeth and Harry S. Ladd, 1957
4
The Inorganic Constituents of Marine Invertebrates
Around the Tortugas, according to L. R. Gary,06 the alcyonarian fauna is the most important contributor to the formation of reef limestones. He estimates the quantity of alcyonarian spicules at this locality to average 5.28 tons to the acre; and at ...
Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Walter Calhoun Wheeler, 1922
5
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Agassiz (1899) gives a photograph of an alcyonarian flat on Ngillangillah Island ( Fiji), but this is right inshore, and the patches are much smaller and of a different genus from the Sinularia in the Natadola lagoon at present. Stephenson ct al.
6
Geological Survey Professional Paper
The importance of alcyonarian spicules in sediments elsewhere was emphasized by Carey (1918; 1931 ) . Holothurian plates are found only in the finest grained fraction. DETRITAL, SEDIMENTS PRODUCED OR MODD7IED BY ORGANISMS  ...
7
Zoological Catalogue of Australia
Ecology: coral reef, shallow subtidal; lives in alcyonarian (Alcyonium). Caphyra fulva Stephenson & Campbell. 1960 Caphyra fulva Stephenson. W. & Campbell. B. (1960). The Australian Portunids (Crustacea: Portunidae) IV: Remaining ...
P. J. F. Davie, 2002
8
LIFE
anemone, in the right foreground a pink squirrel fish — so-called because it chatters like a squirrel — nuzzles a cluster of Alcyonarian corals, while an angel fish hovers overhead. Behind the angel fish is a spotted chub. In the background a ...
9
Professional Paper - United States Geological Survey
Aragonite. I.ithothamnium. Alga. Halimeda. Alga. Lithophyllum. Alga. Galaxaura. Alga. Polytrema. Foraminifer. Millepora. Hydromedusa. Corallium. Alcyonarian. Distichopora. Hydromedusa. Tubipora. Alcyonarian. Heliopora. Alcyonarian.
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1917
10
Notes by a Naturalist on the Challenger
The reef rocks are covered with the soft spongy forms of Alcyonarians ; they form extensive beds, which are soft and boggy to tread on in wading. Amongst these grows a stony coral, which is likewise Alcyonarian, as I found to my astonishment  ...
Henry Nottidge Moseley, 2014

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