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Definition: Ctenophore |
CtenophoreNoun1. Biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CtenophoreSynonym: comb jelly (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Ctenophore |
| English words defined with "ctenophore": Cestida, Cestum veneris, comb ♦ Lobata ♦ order Cestida, order Lobata ♦ platyctenean ♦ Sea girdle, sea gooseberry ♦ Venus's girdle. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ctenophore off New England with long ciliated tentacles. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
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Expressions using "ctenophore": ctenophore family ♦ ctenophore genus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ctenophore | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "ctenophore"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hebrew | מסרקן. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | enophorectay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Ctenophora. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ctenophore": ctenophores. (additional references) | |
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"Ctenophore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ctenophora. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ctenophore" (pronounced 'Cten"o*phore'): Androphore, Anthophore, Blastophore, Carpophore, Chlamyphore, Chromatophore, Chromophore, Collophore, Lophophore, Necrophore, Odontophore, Oophore, Photophore, Pneumatophore, Polyphore, Pterophore, Rheophore, Rhinophore, Rhynchophore, semaphore, siphonophore, Spermaphore, Spermatophore, Spermophore, sporangiophore, sporophore. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-n-o-o-p-r-t" | |
-2 letters: coherent, poechore. | |
-3 letters: cheroot, coronet, ecotone, hencoop, honoree, notcher, penoche, percent, potence, potheen, precent, thereon, torchon, trochee. | |
-4 letters: cenote, center, centre, cheero, cohere, cohort, cooper, cooter, copter, cornet, crepon, croton, echoer, encore, enroot, etcher, hector, hereon, hereto, hetero, hooper, hooter, hornet, nether, nother, ochone, opener, operon, pecten, pereon, photon, poncho, poteen, pother, pronto. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-h-n-o-o-p-r-t" | |
+1 letter: ctenophores. | |
+2 letters: stereophonic. | |
+3 letters: morphogenetic, photoelectron. | |
+4 letters: chemoreception, phosphorescent, photoelectrons, photoreception, pneumothoraces. | |
+5 letters: chemoreceptions, chronotherapies, hypercorrection, mechanoreceptor, phosphocreatine, photoelectronic, photoreceptions. | |
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