Cnidaria

[nahy-dair-ee-uh] Origin

Cni·dar·i·a

[nahy-dair-ee-uh]
noun Zoology.
an alternative name for the invertebrate phylum Coelenterata, giving emphasis to the stinging structures as characteristic of the phylum.

Origin:
< Neo-Latin; see cnida, -aria
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Cnidaria is always a great word to know.
So is reptile. Does it mean:
cold-blooded vertebrate such as turtles, snakes, lizards, crocodilians, amphisbaenians and tuatara
phylum comprised of annelids
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Cnidaria
phylum of stinging invertebrates, from Mod.L. cnida, from Gk. knide "nettle," from stem of knizein "to scratch scrape."
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