Cydippida

plural noun

Cy·​dip·​pi·​da

-pədə

: an order of Ctenophora comprising forms having two long slender tentacles and unbranched meridional and stomodaeal vessels

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Cydippe + -ida

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