Pleurobrachia

noun

Pleu·​ro·​bra·​chia

ˌplu̇rəˈbrākēə

: a genus (the type of the family Pleurobrachiidae) of globose or ovoid relatively firm-bodied ctenophores

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pleur- + brachia

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