ctenophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.

tēʹnə-fôrˈ těnʹə-fôrˈ /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/ /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-ctenophore.wav /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔɹ/ /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔɹ/

ctenophore ctenophores

Borrowed from translingual Ctenophora; equivalent to cteno- + -phore.

comb jelly

ctenophoran ctenophoric ctenophorous

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