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coelenterate

UK/sɪˈlɛn.tə.ɹət/US/sɪˈlɛn.tɚ.ɪt/

coelenterate noun: any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.

Noun

coelenterate (plural coelenterates)

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

coelenterate meaning in Tamil and Tagalog

coelenterate in Tamil

குழிக்குடலி

coelenterate in Tagalog

member of the former phylum Coelenterata
hungkagan

Forms of coelenterate

pluralcoelenterates

Origin of coelenterate

From scientific New Latin Coelenterata.

Questions about coelenterate

What does coelenterate mean?
Coelenterate means any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.
What is coelenterate in Tamil?
Coelenterate in Tamil is குழிக்குடலி. See Coelenterate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coelenterate?
Coelenterate is a noun.
How do you pronounce coelenterate?
Coelenterate is pronounced /sɪˈlɛn.tə.ɹət/ (UK).
What is the plural of coelenterate?
The plural of coelenterate is coelenterates.

Words near coelenterate in the dictionary

  1. coelectroporation
  2. coelemic
  3. Coelemu
  4. coelentera
  5. coelenteramide
  6. coelenterate
  7. coelenterates
  8. coelenterazine
  9. coelenterazines
  10. coelenteric
  11. coelenteron

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Adapted from Wiktionary: coelenterate (page history and authors); coelenterate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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