ctenophore

ctenophore

English

"Ctenophorae" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904

Etymology

From cteno- +‎ -phore, after scientific Latin Ctenophora.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːnəfɔː/, /ˈtɛnəfɔː/
• enPR: těn'ə-fôr'

Noun

ctenophore (plural ctenophores)

1. Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. [from 19th c.]
   • 2017, Douglas Fox, ‘Aliens in our midst’, Aeon, 1 August:

     Ctenophores are abundant in the oceans, but long-neglected by scientists.

Synonyms

• (marine animal of phylum Ctenophora): comb jelly

Derived terms

• ctenophoran
• ctenophoric
• ctenophorous

Translations

any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora

Finnish: kampamaneetti (fi) French: cténophore (fr) m, cténaire (fr) m Polish: żebropław m

Portuguese: ctenóforo m Spanish: ctenóforo m

Further reading

• ctenophore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nectophore