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Ra⋅di⋅a⋅ta

[rey-dee-ey-tuh, -ah-tuh]
–noun Biology.
(in some classification systems) a major grouping that includes more or less radially symmetrical animals, as coelenterates (jellyfish, sea anemones, corals), ctenophores (comb jellies), and echinoderms (starfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbers).

Origin:
1820–30; < NL, n. use of neut. pl. of L radiātus radiate (adj.)
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Main Entry: radiata
—see CORONA RADIATA
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