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coelenterate
[si-len-tuh-reyt, -ter-it]
noun
any invertebrate animal of the phylum Coelenterata, including the hydras, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals, characterized by a single internal cavity serving for digestion, excretion, and other functions and having tentacles on the oral end.
adjective
belonging or pertaining to the Coelenterata.
coelenterate
/ sɪˈlɛntəˌreɪt, -rɪt, ˌsiːlɛnˈtɛrɪk /
noun
any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata ), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals
adjective
(loosely) any invertebrate of the phyla Cnidaria or Ctenophora
of or relating to coelenterates
coelenterate
A marine invertebrate of the obsolete phylum Coelenterata, which included the cnidarians
Other Word Forms
- coelenteric adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of coelenterate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of coelenterate1
Example Sentences
The aloofness displayed for each other by members of the marine coelenterate species of Gorgonaceae suggests that mechanisms for preserving individuality must have existed long before the evolution of immunity.
For example, cells in the coelenterate Hydra form them.
Most of the main groups of the animal kingdom—arthropods, brachiopods, coelenterates, echinoderms, molluscs and even chordates, the branch from which vertebrates went on to develop—are found in the fossil beds of the Cambrian.
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