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ctenocephalus |
ctenocyst |
ctenoid |
ctenoidean |
ctenoidei |
ctenophora
| ctenophore
| ctenophore family
| ctenophore genus
| ctenophoric
| ctenophorous
ctenophora
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ctenophora has 1 sense
- ctenophora(n = noun.animal) phylum ctenophora - comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata; Array is a member of animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia
is a kind of phylum
CIDE DICTIONARY
ctenophora, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. , , comb + to carry.].
A phylum of invertebrates, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. They are commonly called the comb jellies , because the separate paddles somewhat resemble combs. This phylum was formerly classified as a subdivision (class) within the Cœlenterata . [1913 Webster]
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