CTENOPHORE

Meaning of CTENOPHORE in English

[ 'ti:nəfɔ: , 'tɛ- ]

■ noun Zoology an aquatic invertebrate of the small phylum Ctenophora, which comprises the comb jellies.

Origin

from mod. L. Ctenophora , from Gk kteis , kten- 'comb' + pherein 'to bear'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CTENOPHORE — noun see: bear Date: circa 1882 any of a phylum (Ctenophora) of marine animals superficially resembling jellyfishes but having biradial …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CTENOPHORE — or comb jelly Any of nearly 90 species (phylum Ctenophora) of usually colourless marine invertebrates that have a series of …
Английский словарь Британика
CTENOPHORE — ˈtenəˌfō(ə)r noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Ctenophora : one of the Ctenophora
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CTENOPHORE — (n.) One of the Ctenophora.
Английский словарь Webster
CTENOPHORE — ( n. ) One of the Ctenophora.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CTENOPHORE — /ten"euh fawr', -fohr', tee"neuh-/ , n. any gelatinous marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora; a comb jelly. [ 1880-85; ctenophorus. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CTENOPHORE — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek kten-, kteis + pherein to carry — more at bear Date: circa 1882 : any …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CTENOPHORE — noun one of the ctenophora.
Webster English vocab
CTENOPHORE — [cteno.phore] n [ultim. fr. Gk kten-, kteis + pherein to carry--more at bear] (ca. 1882): any of a phylum (Ctenophora) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CTENOPHORE — byname Comb Jelly, any of the numerous marine invertebrates constituting the phylum Ctenophora. The phylum derives its name (from the …
Britannica English vocabulary
CTENOPHORE — n. any marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora, having a jellyfish-like body bearing rows of cilia, e.g. sea gooseberries. [mod.L …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CTENOPHORE — n. any marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora, having a jellyfish-like body bearing rows of cilia, e.g. sea gooseberries. [ …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CTENOPHORE — n. any marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora, having a jellyfish-like body bearing rows of cilia, e.g. sea gooseberries. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
CTENOPHORE — n. or comb jelly Any of nearly 90 species (phylum Ctenophora) of usually colourless marine invertebrates that have a series …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CTENOPHORE — Гребневики
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CTENOPHORE — n. Pronunciation: ' te-n ə - ˌ fo ̇ r, ' t ē - Function: noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
JELLYFISH — noun Date: 1841 1. a free-swimming marine coelenterate that is the sexually reproducing form of a hydrozoan or scyphozoan and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CTENOPHORAN — noun or adjective see: ctenophore
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COMB JELLY — noun Date: circa 1889 ctenophore
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JELLYFISH — Any of about 200 described species of free-swimming marine cnidarian s (in the classes Scyphozoa and Cubozoa), many of which …
Английский словарь Британика
RIB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SWIMMING PLATE — noun : one of the platelike rows of fused cilia forming the combs of a ctenophore
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STOMODAEUM — noun or sto·mo·de·um ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈdēəm ( plural stomo·daea -ēə ; also stomodaeums -ēəmz ; or stomo·dea -ēə ; also stomodeums ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA WALNUT — noun : ctenophore
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA LUNGS — noun plural but singular or plural in construction Etymology: translation of Latin pulmo marinus archaic : jellyfish , ctenophore
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA GOOSEBERRY — noun : a ctenophore of Pleurobrachia or a related genus : a typical ctenophore
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MÜLLER'S LARVA — ˈmyülə(r)z-, ˈmil-, ˈmu̇l-, ˈməl-, ˈmuel- noun Usage: usually capitalized M Etymology: after Johannes Peter Müller : a ciliated larva that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
JELLYFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : any of various usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproducing form of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CYDIPPID — -pə̇d noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Cydippida : a larval ctenophore resembling an adult of the Cydippida
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COMB JELLY — noun : ctenophore
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BIRADIAL — (ˈ)bī+ adjective Etymology: bi- (I) + radial : having both bilateral and radial symmetry a biradial ctenophore — see ctenophora
Webster's New International English Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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