ctenophore

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UK/ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/UK/ˈtɛn.əˌfɔː/US/ˈtiː.nəˌfɔɹ/US/ˈtɛn.əˌfɔɹ/

noun

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

Similar
comb jelly
Origintranslingual Ctenophora →
First used 19th c.Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounctenophore (plural ctenophores)

plural ctenophores

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

    Ctenophores are abundant in the oceans, but long-neglected by scientists.

    2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 26 May 2019

    Synonyms: comb jelly

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.

Similar
comb jelly

More synonyms by meaning

nounbiradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb

Similar
comb jelly
Broader
invertebrate
Also see
comb jelly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. translingualCtenophora
  2. Englishctenophore

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

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Translations

Bulgarian ктенофор
  • ктенофор (ktenofor)any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Catalan ctenòfor
  • ctenòforany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Dutch ribkwal
  • ribkwalany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Finnish kampamaneetti
  • kampamaneettiany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
French cténophore, cténaire
  • cténophoreany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • cténaireany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
German Rippenqualle, Kammqualle
  • Rippenqualleany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Kammqualleany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Greek κτενοφόρο
  • κτενοφόρο (ktenofóro)any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Korean 유즐동물
  • 유즐동물 (yujeuldongmul)any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Polish żebropław
  • żebropławany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Portuguese ctenóforo
  • ctenóforoany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Russian гребневи́к
  • гребневи́к (grebnevík)any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
Spanish ctenóforo, tenóforo
  • ctenóforoany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • tenóforoany of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nectophore
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APA

ctenophore. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ctenophore

MLA

“ctenophore.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ctenophore. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ctenophore,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ctenophore.

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