comb jelly
nounEtymology
From their prominent bands of cilia, and their jelly-like texture and resemblance to jellyfish.
Definitions
A jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora
A jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora; a ctenophore.
- Comb-jellies (Ctenophoræ).
- Ctenophora, the “comb jellies.”
- After contacting the surface of a comb jelly, a larva is often moved about by the comb plates and cilia of the host, but eventually it may stick at a comparatively undisturbed spot.
The neighborhood
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