sea pansy

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Noun[edit]

sea pansy (plural sea pansies)

  1. Renilla reniformis, a colonial cnidarian of the family Renillidae.
    • 1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row:
      All the articles of his trade were filed away on the coast, sea cradles here, octopi here, tubs worms in another place, sea pansies in another.

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