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ctenophore

Pronunciation:  'tenu`fowr

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Matching Terms:  ctenophora, ctenophore family, ctenophore genus, ctenophoric

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 Definition: [n]  biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb
 
 Synonyms: comb jelly
 
 See Also: beroe, Cestum veneris, comb, ctene, Ctenophora, invertebrate, phylum Ctenophora, platyctenean, sea gooseberry, Venus's girdle

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cten"o*phore\ (t?n"?-f?r), n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Ctenophora.

 

 

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