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    CTENOPHORA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Ctenophora; phylum Ctenophora

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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