- sea gooseberry
- nounctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia• Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore, ↑comb jelly• Member Holonyms: ↑Pleurobrachia, ↑genus Pleurobrachia
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sea gooseberry
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sea gooseberry — a comb jelly, esp. of the genus Pleurobrachia. * * * ▪ invertebrate either of two cosmopolitan genera of invertebrate marine animals in the phylum Ctenophora: the Hormiphora and the Pleurobrachia. The genera, widely distributed in all the… … Universalium
sea gooseberry — noun a common comb jelly with a spherical body bearing two long retractile branching tentacles. [Pleurobrachia pileus.] … English new terms dictionary
sea gooseberry — /ˈsi gʊzbəri/ (say see goozbuhree), / bri/ (say bree) noun a rounded pelagic ctenophore, especially of the genera Pleurobrachia and Hormiphora …
sea — n. 1 the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth s surface and surrounds its land masses. 2 any part of this as opposed to land or fresh water. 3 a particular (usu. named) tract of salt water partly or wholly enclosed by land (the… … Useful english dictionary
sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut. * * * ▪ invertebrate any member of a common genus (Mnemiopsis) of gelatinous, planktonic marine invertebrates of the order Lobata (class Tentaculata, phylum Ctenophora). The… … Universalium
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seagooseberry — sea gooseberry n. A ctenophore of the genus Pleurobrachia, having two tentacles and a round iridescent body. * * * … Universalium
Ctenophore — Taxobox name = Comb jellies image caption = Ctenophorae from Ernst Haeckel s Kunstformen der Natur , 1904 domain = Eukaryota regnum = Animalia phylum = Ctenophora phylum authority = Eschscholtz, 1829 subdivision ranks = Classes subdivision =… … Wikipedia
Ctenophora — For the genus of crane flies, see Ctenophora (genus). Comb jellies Temporal range: Cambrian – Recent … Wikipedia
Mnemiopsis leidyi — Taxobox name = Warty comb jelly image caption = M. leidyi at the New England Aquarium image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Ctenophora classis = Tentaculata ordo = Lobata familia = Mnemiidae genus = Mnemiopsis genus authority = Agassiz,… … Wikipedia
