ctenophoran — [tə näf′ō rən, tə näf′əran] adj. of a ctenophore n. CTENOPHORE … English World dictionary
ctenophoran — noun or adjective see ctenophore … New Collegiate Dictionary
ctenophoran — /ti nof euhr euhn/, n. 1. ctenophore. adj. 2. Also, ctenophoric /ten euh fawr ik, for /, ctenophorous /ti nof euhr euhs/. belonging or pertaining to the Ctenophora. [1875 80; CTENOPHOR(A) + AN] * * * … Universalium
ctenophoran — cte·noph·o·ran … English syllables
ctenophoran — cte•noph•o•ran [[t]tɪˈnɒf ər ən[/t]] n. 1) ivt ctenophore 2) ivt of or pertaining to a ctenophore • Etymology: 1875–80 … From formal English to slang
ctenophore — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek kten , kteis + pherein to carry more at bear Date: circa 1882 any of a phylum (Ctenophora) of marine animals superficially resembling jellyfishes but having biradial symmetry and swimming by means of eight… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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
Bomakellia — Taxobox fossil range=fossil range|555 regnum= incertae sedis phylum=Rangeomorpha (?) genus= Bomakellia species= Bomakellia kelleri image caption= Bomakellia kelleri , reconstructed here as a proto arthropod in yellow and green. species authority … Wikipedia
ctenophore — /ˈtɛnəfɔ/ (say tenuhfaw), /ˈti / (say tee ) noun a member of the Ctenophora, a phylum of marine swimming invertebrates with rounded, oval or band shaped gelatinous bodies and eight meridional rows of ciliated plates; comb jelly. –ctenophoran,… …
sea lung — noun A ctenophoran • • • Main Entry: ↑sea … Useful english dictionary
