ctenophore
English
"Ctenophorae" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904
Etymology
From cteno- + -phore, after scientific Latin Ctenophora.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtiːnəfɔː/, /ˈtɛnəfɔː/
- enPR: těn'ə-fôr'
Noun
ctenophore (plural ctenophores)
- Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. [from 19th c.]
- 2017, Douglas Fox, ‘Aliens in our midst’, Aeon, 1 August:
- Ctenophores are abundant in the oceans, but long-neglected by scientists.
- 2017, Douglas Fox, ‘Aliens in our midst’, Aeon, 1 August:
Synonyms
- (marine animal of phylum Ctenophora): comb jelly
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