animal electricity

[GALVANISM.] animal flower, s . A name often given to those radiated animals which have their tentacles in rows around their mouths, not unlike the petals of a double flower. The term has been applied specially to various species of the genus Actinia, which have been called, from their fancied resemblance to particular flowers, Sea Anemones, or fixed Sea-nettles. (Griffith's Cuvier , vol. xii., p. 572.) The other radiated animals which have been called animal flowers belong to the genera Holothuria, Tubular i a, Sertularia, Hydra, and Alegonia. [ACTINIA.] animal food, s. 1. Food consisting of the flesh or other portions of animals. † 2. Food designed for animals.