cten|o|phore

cten|o|phore: cten|o|phore «TEHN uh fr, -fohr; TEE nuh-», noun.

1. any one of a phylum of marine invertebrate animals resembling jellyfishes, having biradial symmetry, and swimming by means of eight rows of meridional ciliated plates; comb jelly: »There were the ctenophores, looking like beautiful luminescent Japanese lanterns (New Yorker).

2. one of the rows of comb plates of a ctenophore.

╂[< New Latin Ctenophora the class name < Greek kteís, ktenós comb + phoreîn to bear]

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ctenophore — cten•o•phore [[t]ˈtɛn əˌfɔr, ˌfoʊr, ˈti nə [/t]] n. ivt comb jelly • Etymology: 1880–85; < NL ctenophorus. See cteno , phore … From formal English to slang
Ctenophore — Cten o*phore (t?n ? f?r), n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Ctenophora. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
o — abi·o·log·i·cal; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom; ab·o·li·tion·ism; ab·o·li·tion·ist; ab·o·li·tion·ize; ab·o·ma·sal; ab·o·ma·sum; ac·an·thol·o·gy; ac·an·thop·o·dous; acar·i·dol·o·gist; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; acar·i·o·sis;… … English syllables
ctenophore — n. any marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora, having a jellyfish like body bearing rows of cilia, e.g. sea gooseberries. Etymology: mod.L ctenophorus (as CTENOID) * * * noun biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals… … Useful english dictionary

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