Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A European sea-anemone, Anthea cereus, haviug long tentacles which cannot be retracted, whence the name.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A bright-colored European actinian (Anemonia sulcata, syn. Anthea sulcata); -- so called because it does not retract its tentacles.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A bright-coloured European actinian (Anemonia or Anthea sulcata).

Etymologies

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ope +‎ -let? So called because it does not retract its tentacles.

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