cœlenterate

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• Actinosome — Ac*tin o*some, n. [Gr. ? ray + ? body.] (Zo[ o]l.) The entire body of a c[oe]lenterate. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Actinostome — Ac*tin o*stome, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a ray + ? mouth.] (Zo[ o]l.) The mouth or anterior opening of a c[oe]lenterate animal. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• disc — Disk Disk (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di skos. See {Dish}.] [Written also {disc}.] 1. A discus; a quoit. [1913 Webster] Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Disk — (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di skos. See {Dish}.] [Written also {disc}.] 1. A discus; a quoit. [1913 Webster] Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Disk engine — Disk Disk (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di skos. See {Dish}.] [Written also {disc}.] 1. A discus; a quoit. [1913 Webster] Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Disk shell — Disk Disk (d[i^]sk), n. [L. discus, Gr. di skos. See {Dish}.] [Written also {disc}.] 1. A discus; a quoit. [1913 Webster] Some whirl the disk, and some the javelin dart. Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Perisome — Per i*some, n. [Pref. peri + some body.] (Zo[ o]l.) The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or c[oe]lenterate; the integument. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• polypomedusan — polypomedusan, a. and n. Zool. (ˌpɒlɪpəʊmɪˈdjuːsən) [f. mod. Zool. L. Polypomedūsæ pl. (f. polypo , comb. form of polypus polyp + Medusa) + an.] a. adj. Belonging to the Polypomedusæ, a group of Cœlenterata comprising the Hydrozoa and …   Useful english dictionary