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sea pen

sea pen
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [see pen]
    • /si pɛn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [see pen]
    • /si pɛn/

Definitions of sea pen words

  • noun sea pen any of several colonial coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, having the shape of a fleshy feather. 1
  • noun sea pen any of various anthozoan coelenterates of the genus Pennatula and related genera, forming fleshy feather-like colonies in warm seas: order Pennatulacea 0
  • noun sea pen any of an order (Pennatulacea) of mud-dwelling anthozoans that form feather-shaped colonies 0

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Origin of sea pen

First appearance:

before 1755
One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1755-65

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Parts of speech for Sea pen

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sea pen popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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