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ctenophorous

ctenophorous adjective: of or relating to the ctenophores.

Adjective

ctenophorous (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the ctenophores.

Origin of ctenophorous

From ctenophore + -ous.

Questions about ctenophorous

What does ctenophorous mean?
Ctenophorous means of or relating to the ctenophores.
What part of speech is ctenophorous?
Ctenophorous is an adjective.

Words near ctenophorous in the dictionary

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

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