Meaning Of The Word Ctenophore

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ctenophore in American English
any of a phylum (Ctenophora) of sea animals with an oval, transparent, jellylike body bearing eight rows of comblike plates that aid in swimming
noun: any gelatinous marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora; a comb jelly

ctenophore in British English
noun: any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's- girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion

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