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comb-jelly

comb-jelly is the alternative spelling of comb jelly.

Meaning of comb jelly

Noun

comb jelly (plural comb jellies)

  1. A jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora; a ctenophore.
    • Comb-jellies (Ctenophoræ).1870, William Dallas, translation of Ernst Haeckel, “On the Organization of Sponges, and their Relationship to the Corals”, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, fourth series, volume 5, page 7

Forms of comb-jelly

pluralcomb-jellies

Questions about comb-jelly

What is comb-jelly the alternative spelling of?
Comb-jelly is the alternative spelling of comb jelly.

Words near comb-jelly in the dictionary

  1. comb-footed spider
  2. comb-footed spiders
  3. comb-honey
  4. comb-honeys
  5. comb-jellies
  6. comb-jelly
  7. comb-out
  8. comb-outs
  9. comb-over
  10. comb-overs
  11. comb.

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