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coelenterate

 
Dictionary: coe·len·ter·ate   (sĭ-lĕn'tə-rāt', -tər-ĭt) pronunciation
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n.
See cnidarian.

[From New Latin Coelenterāta, phylum name : Greek koilos, hollow; see -coel + ENTER(ON) + -ATE1.]

coelenteric coe·len·ter'ic (-tĕr'ĭk) adj.

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1. pertaining or belonging to Coelenterata.
2. an individual member of the phylum Coelenterata.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
  Synonym: cnidarian

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
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