venus-girdle

Venus's girdle

noun
an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.

Origin:
1865–70

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venus's girdle

noun
ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body 
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