actinian

[ak-tin-ee-uhn]

ac·tin·i·an

[ak-tin-ee-uhn]
adjective
1.
belonging or pertaining to the order or suborder Actiniaria, comprising the sea anemones.
noun
2.
any sea anemone.

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Actinian is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1885–90; < Neo-Latin Actini(a) actinia + -an
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actinian

noun
any sea anemone or related animal [syn: actinia
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