comb-jelly

plural comb-jellies

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of comb jelly.

   Comb-jellies (Ctenophoræ).

   1870, William Dallas, translation of Ernst Haeckel, “On the Organization of Sponges, and their Relationship to the Corals”, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, fourth series, volume 5, page 7

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   The body of the comb-jelly is soft like that of the jellyfish, but the plan of structure and the organs are somewhat different.

   1906, Henry R. Linville, Henry A. Kelly, A Text-Book in General Zoölogy, Ginn, page 271

   This chapter explores the economic consequences of one such invasion with significant impacts on a valuable resident species: the introduction of the ctenophore (comb-jelly) Mnemiopsis leidyi in the Black Sea and its effects on the commercial anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) fishery.

   2000, Duncan Knowler, Edward B. Barbier, “The Economics of an Invading Species”, in The Economics of Biological Invasions, Edward Elgar, →ISBN, page 71