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coelenterate
[ si-len-tuh-reyt, -ter-it ]
noun
- any invertebrate animal of the phylum Coelenterata, including the hydras, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals, characterized by a single internal cavity serving for digestion, excretion, and other functions and having tentacles on the oral end. Compare cnidarian.
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Coelenterata.
coelenterate
/ s瑟藞l蓻nt蓹藢re瑟t; -r瑟t; 藢si藧l蓻n藞t蓻r瑟k /
noun
- any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata ), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals
adjective
- (loosely) any invertebrate of the phyla Cnidaria or Ctenophora
- of or relating to coelenterates
coelenterate
- A marine invertebrate of the obsolete phylum Coelenterata, which included the cnidarians
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Derived Forms
- coelenteric, adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of coelenterate1
First recorded in 1870鈥75; Coelenterata
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of coelenterate1
C19: from New Latin Coelenterata, hollow-intestined (creatures); see coel- , enteron
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The aloofness displayed for each other by members of the marine coelenterate species of Gorgonaceae suggests that mechanisms for preserving individuality must have existed long before the evolution of immunity.
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For example, cells in the coelenterate Hydra form them.
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Most of the main groups of the animal kingdom鈥攁rthropods, brachiopods, coelenterates, echinoderms, molluscs and even chordates, the branch from which vertebrates went on to develop鈥攁re found in the fossil beds of the Cambrian.
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