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PHYLUM CTENOPHORA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does phylum Ctenophora mean?
• PHYLUM CTENOPHORA (noun)
The noun PHYLUM CTENOPHORA has 1 sense:
1. comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata
Familiarity information: PHYLUM CTENOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ctenophora; phylum Ctenophora
Hypernyms ("phylum Ctenophora" is a kind of...):
phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)
Meronyms (members of "phylum Ctenophora"):
comb jelly; ctenophore (biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb)
class Nuda; Nuda (ctenophores lacking tentacles; comprises one genus: beroe)
class Tentaculata; Tentaculata (ctenophores have retractile tentacles)
family Pleurobrachiidae; Pleurobrachiidae; genus Pleurobrachia; Pleurobrachia (sea gooseberries)
Holonyms ("phylum Ctenophora" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
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