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CESTUM VENERIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cestum veneris mean?
• CESTUM VENERIS (noun)
The noun CESTUM VENERIS has 1 sense:
1. ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
Familiarity information: CESTUM VENERIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cestum veneris; Venus's girdle
Hypernyms ("Cestum veneris" is a kind of...):
comb jelly; ctenophore (biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb)
Holonyms ("Cestum veneris" is a member of...):
Cestum; genus Cestum (Venus's girdle)
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