ctenophore

English

"Ctenophorae" from Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ctenophora; equivalent to cteno- +‎ -phore.

Pronunciation

• enPR: tēʹnə-fôrˈ, těnʹə-fôrˈ
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/, /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔɹ/, /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔɹ/

Noun

ctenophore (plural ctenophores)

1. Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. [from 19th c.]
   • 2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon‎^[1]:

     Ctenophores are abundant in the oceans, but long-neglected by scientists.

Synonyms

• (marine animal of phylum Ctenophora): comb jelly

Derived terms

• ctenophoran
• ctenophoric
• ctenophorous

Translations

any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora

• Finnish: kampamaneetti (fi)
• French: cténophore (fr) m, cténaire (fr) m
• Polish: żebropław m
• Portuguese: ctenóforo m
• Russian: гребневи́к (ru) m (grebnevík)
• Spanish: ctenóforo m

Further reading

• ctenophore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nectophore