Ctenophore

Pronunciation

• enPR: tÄ›n'É™-fôr'

Full definition of ctenophore

Noun

1. Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.

Synonyms

• (marine animal of phylum Ctenophora) comb jelly

Derived terms

• ctenophoran
• ctenophoric
• ctenophorous

Anagrams

• nectophore