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ctenophore

Noun

cten=o=phore

WORDNET DICTIONARY

ctenophore(n = noun.animal) comb jelly - biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb; Array

is a kind of invertebrate

is a member of ctenophora, phylum ctenophora

has parts: comb-plate, ctene, comb

has particulars: beroe, platyctenean, sea gooseberry, cestum veneris, venus's girdle

ctenophore, n.

One of the Ctenophora. [1913 Webster]

ctenophore, n. any marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora, having a jellyfish-like body bearing rows of cilia, e.g. sea gooseberries.

Etymology

mod.L ctenophorus (as CTENOID)

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