actinia
noun
actinia is a noun meaning “A sea anemone, specifically a member of the genus Actinia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-C-T-I-N-I-A, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of actinia is actinias or actiniae.
What does actinia mean?
noun
- 1
A sea anemone, specifically a member of the genus Actinia.
Cut off the tentacles of an actinia, and they are replaced in a short time, and the experiment may be repeated indefinitely.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of actinia
- actinias plural
- actiniae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is actinia?
Actinia appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Actinia in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a sea anemone:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Seeanemone |
| Portuguese | actínia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does actinia come from?
From taxonomic name Actinia (genus name).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).