ctenophore
"Ctenophorae" from w:Ernst HaeckelErnst Haeckel's w:Kunstformen der NaturKunstformen der Natur, 1904
Meaning
Noun
- Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
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Origin
- From cteno- + -phore, after scientific Latin Ctenophora.
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