Etymology

ctenophore

cte·no·phore
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Today it means: Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. Full definition →

First used 19th c.translingual Ctenophora
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromCtenophora
  2. English todayctenophore

Borrowed from translingual Ctenophora; equivalent to cteno- + -phore.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.

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