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    CTENOPHORE

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    comb jelly; ctenophore

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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