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CESTIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cestida mean?
• CESTIDA (noun)
The noun CESTIDA has 1 sense:
1. ctenophore having short tentacles; one family
Familiarity information: CESTIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ctenophore having short tentacles; one family
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cestida; order Cestida
Hypernyms ("Cestida" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Cestida"):
Cestidae; family Cestidae (coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body)
Holonyms ("Cestida" is a member of...):
class Tentaculata; Tentaculata (ctenophores have retractile tentacles)
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