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comb jelly

comb jelly noun: a jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora; a ctenophore.

comb jelly: a jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora; a ctenophore
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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
    • Ctenophora, the “comb jellies.”1907, Buel P. Colton, Zoölogy, Heath, part 1, page 330

comb jelly meaning in Tamil

comb jelly in Tamil

சீப்புச் செவுளி

Examples of comb jelly in a sentence

  • After contacting the surface of a comb jelly, a larva is often moved about by the comb plates and cilia of the host, but eventually it may stick at a comparatively undisturbed spot.1976, Sears Crowell, “An Edwardsiid Larva Parasitic in Mnemiopsis”, in Coelenterate Ecology and Behavior, Plenum, →ISBN, page 249:
  • Have you ever met a comb jelly, or ctenophore?2002, Olivia Judson, Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation, Metropolitan,, →ISBN, page 56:

Forms of comb jelly

pluralcomb jellies
alternative formcomb-jelly
alternative formcombjelly

Origin of comb jelly

From their prominent bands of cilia, and their jelly-like texture and resemblance to jellyfish.

Words formed from comb jelly

  • Arctic comb jelly
  • bloodybelly comb jelly
  • cigar comb jelly
  • creeping comb jelly
  • lobed comb jelly
  • northern comb jelly
  • warty comb jelly

Questions about comb jelly

What does comb jelly mean?
Comb jelly means a jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora; a ctenophore.
What is comb jelly in Tamil?
Comb jelly in Tamil is சீப்புச் செவுளி. See Comb jelly meaning in Tamil.
How do you use comb jelly in a sentence?
After contacting the surface of a comb jelly, a larva is often moved about by the comb plates and cilia of the host, but eventually it may stick at a comparatively undisturbed spot.
What part of speech is comb jelly?
Comb jelly is a noun.
What is the plural of comb jelly?
The plural of comb jelly is comb jellies.

Words near comb jelly in the dictionary

  1. comb ceramic
  2. comb down
  3. comb filter
  4. comb filters
  5. comb jellies
  6. comb jelly
  7. comb joint
  8. comb joints
  9. comb one's hair
  10. comb out
  11. comb over

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