CTENOPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ctenophora mean? 

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

1. comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CTENOPHORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ctenophora; phylum Ctenophora

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

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Ctenophora"):

comb jelly; ctenophore (biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb)

class Nuda; Nuda (ctenophores lacking tentacles; comprises one genus: beroe)

class Tentaculata; Tentaculata (ctenophores have retractile tentacles)

family Pleurobrachiidae; Pleurobrachiidae; genus Pleurobrachia; Pleurobrachia (sea gooseberries)

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

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)