ctenophoric

cte·noph·o·ran

[ti-nof-er-uhn]
noun
adjective
2.
Also, cten·o·phor·ic [ten-uh-fawr-ik, -for-] , cte·noph·o·rous belonging or pertaining to the Ctenophora.

Origin:
1875–80; Ctenophor(a) + -an

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ctenophore (ˈtɛnəˌfɔː, ˈtiːnə-) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Also called: comb jelly any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
 
[C19: from New Latin ctenophorus, from Greek kteno-, kteis comb + -phore]
 
ctenophoran
 
adj, —n

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