Crossword-Solution: ALCYONACEA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Alcyonacea | n. pl. | A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ETAER
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Sentences with ALCYONACEA (3)
The skeleton of the Alcyonacea consists of separate calcareous spicules, which are often, especially in the Nephthyidae, so abundant and so closely interlocked as to form a tolerably firm and hard armour.
Bourne[373] has united this genus with _Telesto_ into a family Asiphonacea, which he joins with the Pennatulida in the order Stelechotokea; but their affinities seem to be closer with the Alcyonacea than with the Pennatulacea, from which they differ in many important characters.
The only character that separates them from the Alcyonacea is that they possess a skeletal axis that is not perforated by the coelenteric cavities of the zooids.