ctenophore

English
"Ctenophorae" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • enPR: tēʹnə-fôrˈ, těnʹə-fôrˈ
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/, /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔɹ/, /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔɹ/

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ctenophore (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. [from 19th c.]
    • 2017, Douglas Fox, ‘Aliens in our midst’, Aeon, 1 August:
      Ctenophores are abundant in the oceans, but long-neglected by scientists.

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