/an'theuh zoh"euhn/ , n.
1. any marine coelenterate of the class Anthozoa, comprising colonial and solitary polyps and including corals, sea anemones, sea pens, etc.
adj.
2. Also, anthozoic . belonging or pertaining to the anthozoans.
[ 1885-90; Anthozo ( a ) (see ANTHO-, -ZOA) + -AN ]