Animals - Marine Animals

Here you will learn the names of marine animals in English such as "jellyfish", "coral", and "seahorse".

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coral [noun]

a marine organism that lives in warm waters and forms clusters of polyps, which secrete calcium carbonate to build a hard skeleton

Ex: The coral was carefully collected for research on its growth patterns .

a marine mollusk with a broad body, internal shell, and the ability to rapidly change color and texture

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a sea creature that has a bell-shaped body, which is gelatinous and transparent, long thin tentacles and a poisonous sting

Ex: While swimming in the ocean , she spotted a jellyfish and made sure to keep her distance .

a large marine creature like jellyfish that lives in tropical and subtropical waters and has a poisonous sting

octopus [noun]

a sea creature with eight, long arms and a soft round body with no internal shell

Ex: Octopuses are skilled hunters , using their tentacles to capture prey and their sharp beaks to tear it apart .
plankton [noun]

the microscopic organisms floating in the sea or fresh water on which larger animals feed

polyp [noun]

a small and simple sea creature with a hollow cylindrical body and a ring of tentacles surrounding the mouth

a sea polyp that is predatory and resembles a flower, having bright colors

seahorse [noun]

a small marine fish with an upright posture, a horse-like head and a curled tail

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sponge [noun]

a marine invertebrate with a body full of holes through which water can circulate and nutrients can be absorbed

squid [noun]

a marine creature that can change color and has a long soft body with ten tentacles helping it swim very fast

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starfish [noun]

an echinoderm that has five arms arranged in the form of a star and feeds on mollusks

microscopic animals that float in bodies of water, serving as an important food source for many aquatic organisms

Ex: During the day , zooplankton inhabit deeper layers of the ocean to avoid predation , rising to the surface under the cover of darkness to feed on phytoplankton .

a small marine animal that is covered with spines and has a round shell, harvested for food

whelk [noun]

a marine gastropod that is predatory, used as food in Europe

an invertebrate with a wormlike body that is considered a marine creature and lives on seabed, with tentacles around the mouth