Ctenophora

plural noun

Cte·​noph·​o·​ra

tə-ˈnä-fə-rə

: a small phylum sometimes especially formerly considered a class of Coelenterata and consisting of widely distributed and at times very abundant marine hermaphroditic solitary animals that superficially resemble jellyfishes, are usually more or less ellipsoidal with decided biradial symmetry, and swim by means of eight meridional bands of transverse ciliated plates, each plate representing a row of large modified cilia compare nuda , tentaculata , comb sense 4c; venus's-girdle

ctenophoral

tə-ˈnä-fə-rəl

adjective

ctenophoran

tə-ˈnä-fə-rən 

noun or adjective

ctenophoric

¦te-nə-¦fȯr-ik

adjective

ctenophorous

tə-ˈnä-fə-rəs

adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cten- + -phora

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