- genus Pleurobrachia
- nounsea gooseberries• Syn: ↑Pleurobrachia• Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Ctenophora, ↑phylum Ctenophora• Member Meronyms: ↑sea gooseberry
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genus Pleurobrachia
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Pleurobrachia — noun sea gooseberries • Syn: ↑genus Pleurobrachia • Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ctenophora, ↑phylum Ctenophora • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Pleurobrachia — Pleu ro*brach i*a, n. [NL. See {Pleuro }, and {Brachium}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of ctenophores having an ovate body and two long plumose tentacles. [1913 Webster] … 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
Ctenophora — For the genus of crane flies, see Ctenophora (genus). Comb jellies Temporal range: Cambrian – Recent … Wikipedia
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
Ctenophora — noun comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata • Syn: ↑phylum Ctenophora • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom … Useful english dictionary
phylum Ctenophora — noun comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata • Syn: ↑Ctenophora • Hypernyms: ↑phylum • Member Holonyms: ↑Animalia, ↑kingdom Animalia, ↑animal kingdom … Useful english dictionary
sea gooseberry — noun ctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia • Hypernyms: ↑ctenophore, ↑comb jelly • Member Holonyms: ↑Pleurobrachia, ↑genus Pleurobrachia … 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
seagooseberry — sea gooseberry n. A ctenophore of the genus Pleurobrachia, having two tentacles and a round iridescent body. * * * … Universalium
