ctenophore
cte·no·phore
ctenophore · ctenophores
гребневик
Rippenqualle, Kammqualle
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous…Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
UK/ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/US/ˈtiː.nəˌfɔɹ/
Meaning
1 sensesAny of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
Rippenqualle, Kammqualle
гребневи́кgrebnevík
biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora:
Origin
Borrowed from translingual Ctenophora; equivalent to cteno- + -phore.Borrowed from translingual Ctenophora; equivalent to cteno- + -phore.
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Forms
plural: ctenophores| Singular | ctenophore |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsmarine animal of phylum Ctenophora:comb jelly
Close in meaning
- biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb:comb jelly