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ctenophores

ctenophores is the plural of ctenophore.

Meaning of ctenophore

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.
    • Ctenophores are abundant in the oceans, but long-neglected by scientists.2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 26 May 2019
    Synonyms:
    comb jelly

Questions about ctenophores

What is ctenophores the plural of?
Ctenophores is the plural of ctenophore.

Words near ctenophores in the dictionary

  1. ctenomyids
  2. ctenophoral
  3. ctenophoran
  4. ctenophorans
  5. ctenophore
  6. ctenophores
  7. ctenophoric
  8. ctenophorous
  9. ctenoplanid
  10. ctenoplanids
  11. ctenoplectrid

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