CESTIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cestida mean? 

• CESTIDA (noun)
  The noun CESTIDA has 1 sense:

1. ctenophore having short tentacles; one family

  Familiarity information: CESTIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CESTIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ctenophore having short tentacles; one family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cestida; order Cestida

Hypernyms ("Cestida" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Cestida"):

Cestidae; family Cestidae (coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body)

Holonyms ("Cestida" is a member of...):

class Tentaculata; Tentaculata (ctenophores have retractile tentacles)