comb jelly
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1. biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | invertebrate, |
| definition | : | any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | beroe, |
| definition | : | delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | platyctenean, |
| definition | : | ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sea gooseberry, |
| definition | : | ctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | comb-plate, ctene, |
| definition | : | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused (noun.animal) |
| part holonym | : | comb, |
| definition | : | ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | ctenophora, phylum ctenophora, |
| definition | : | comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata (noun.animal) |
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