adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to a cnidarian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cnidarian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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nī-dâr′ē-ən
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Received-Pronunciation: /naɪˈdɛəɹ.i.ən/
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Canada, General-American: /naɪˈdɛɹ.i.ən/
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Australian: /nɑɪˈdeːɹ.i.ən/
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New-Zealand: /naɪˈdeə̯ɹ.i.ən/
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Scotland: /naɪˈder.i.ən/
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rhymes with -ɛəɹiən
noun
Meaning 2
Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coelenterate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: invertebrate
Narrower terms: polyp, medusa, medusoid, medusan, jellyfish, scyphozoan, hydrozoan, hydroid, anthozoan, actinozoan
History
Etymology
From translingual Cnidaria + -an, derived from New Latin Cnīdāria, derived from Ancient Greek κνῑ́δη (knī́dē, “sea nettle”).
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: cnidario — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Bulgarian: книдарий (knidarij) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Bulgarian: мешесто (mešesto) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Catalan: cnidari — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Chinese Mandarin: 刺胞動物 /刺胞动物 (cìbāo dòngwù) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Chinese Mandarin: 刺絲胞動物 /刺丝胞动物 (cìsībāo dòngwù) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Czech: žahavec — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Finnish: polttiaiseläin — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- French: cnidaire — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Galician: cnidario — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- German: Nesseltier — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Gujarati: શૂલપ્રાણી (śūlaprāṇī) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Hindi: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Hungarian: csalánozó — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Italian: cnidario — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Korean: 자포동물 (japodongmul) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Marathi: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Nepali: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Norwegian: nesledyr — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Polish: parzydełkowiec — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Portuguese: cnidário — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Russian: книда́рий (knidárij) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Russian: стрека́ющее (strekájuščeje) — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Spanish: cnidario — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
- Swedish: nässeldjur — any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria