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ctenophore

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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  • tēʹnə-fôrˈ
  • těnʹə-fôrˈ
  • UK: /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/
  • UK: /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔː/
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  • US: /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔɹ/
  • US: /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔɹ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: comb jelly

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: invertebrate

Narrower terms: beroe, platyctenean, sea gooseberry, Venus's girdle, Cestum veneris

History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Ctenophora; equivalent to cteno- + -phore.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: ктенофор (ktenofor) — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Catalan: ctenòfor — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Dutch: ribkwal — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Finnish: kampamaneetti — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • French: cténophore — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • French: cténaire — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • German: Rippenqualle — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • German: Kammqualle — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Greek: κτενοφόρο (ktenofóro) — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Korean: 유즐동물 (yujeuldongmul) — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Polish: żebropław — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Portuguese: ctenóforo — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Russian: гребневи́к (grebnevík) — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Spanish: ctenóforo — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora
  • Spanish: tenóforo — any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora