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VENUS'S GIRDLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Venus's girdle mean?
• VENUS'S GIRDLE (noun)
The noun VENUS'S GIRDLE has 1 sense:
1. ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
Familiarity information: VENUS'S GIRDLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cestum veneris; Venus's girdle
Hypernyms ("Venus's girdle" is a kind of...):
comb jelly; ctenophore (biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb)
Holonyms ("Venus's girdle" is a member of...):
Cestum; genus Cestum (Venus's girdle)
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