- genus Cestum
- nounVenus's girdle• Syn: ↑Cestum• Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Cestidae, ↑family Cestidae• Member Meronyms: ↑Venus's girdle, ↑Cestum veneris
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genus Cestum
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Cestum — noun Venus s girdle • Syn: ↑genus Cestum • Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cestidae, ↑family Cestidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cestum veneris — noun ctenophore having a ribbon shaped iridescent gelatinous body • Syn: ↑Venus s girdle • Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore, ↑comb jelly • Member Holonyms: ↑Cestum, ↑genus Cestum … Useful english dictionary
Cestum Veneris — Venus Ve nus, n. [L. Venus, eris, the goddess of love, the planet Venus.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified. [1913 Webster] 2. (Anat.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ctenophore genus — noun a genus of ctenophores • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Beroe, ↑Pleurobrachia, ↑genus Pleurobrachia, ↑Cestum, ↑genus Cestum • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cestida — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Ctenophora … Wikipedia
Venus's girdle — noun ctenophore having a ribbon shaped iridescent gelatinous body • Syn: ↑Cestum veneris • Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore, ↑comb jelly • Member Holonyms: ↑Cestum, ↑genus Cestum … Useful english dictionary
Cestidae — noun coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body • Syn: ↑family Cestidae • Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore family • Member Holonyms: ↑Cestida, ↑order Cestida … Useful english dictionary
family Cestidae — noun coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body • Syn: ↑Cestidae • Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore family • Member Holonyms: ↑Cestida, ↑order Cestida • Me … Useful english dictionary
Tentaculata — Taxobox name = Tentaculata image width = 200px image caption = Mertensia ovum regnum = Animalia phylum = Ctenophora classis = Tentaculata classis authority = Eschscholtz, 1825 subdivision ranks = Orders subdivision = Cestida Cydippida Lobata… … Wikipedia
venus's-girdle — noun (plural venus s girdles) Usage: usually capitalized V : any of various ctenophores constituting the genus Cestum and having the body greatly compressed transversely and elongated in a sagittal plane so that it is ribbonlike with the mouth at … Useful english dictionary
