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Etymology

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amphi- +‎ coronate

Adjective

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amphicoronate (not comparable)

  1. (of the oral tentacles of cnidaria) Arranged alternately up and down
    • 2016 February 4, “Green Fluorescence of Cytaeis Hydroids Living in Association with Nassarius Gastropods in the Red Sea”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The conical hypostome was encircled by 4–14 filiform amphicoronate tentacles with nematocysts.