coelenterate

English

Etymology

From scientific New Latin Coelenterata.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /sɪˈlɛn.tə.ɹət/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sɪˈlɛn.tɚ.ɪt/

Noun

coelenterate (plural coelenterates)

1. (zoology, dated) Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.

Translations

member of the former phylum Coelenterata

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 腔腸動物／腔肠动物 (zh) (qiāngcháng dòngwù)

• Finnish: onteloeläin
• French: cœlentéré (fr) m
• German: Hohltier (de) n
• Japanese: 腔腸動物 (ja) (Kōchō dōbutsu)
• Occitan: celenterèu m
• Polish: jamochłon m
• Portuguese: celenterado m
• Russian: кишечнополостно́е n (kišečnopolostnóje)
• Spanish: celentéreo m, celenterado m
• Tagalog: hungkagan