CTENOPHORE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ctenophore mean? 

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

1. biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CTENOPHORE (noun)

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Meaning:

Biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

comb jelly; ctenophore

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

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Meronyms (parts of "ctenophore"):

comb-plate; ctene (a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused)

comb (ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ctenophore"):

beroe (delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores)

platyctenean (ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body)

sea gooseberry (ctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia)

Cestum veneris; Venus's girdle (ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body)

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

Ctenophora; phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata)