ctenophore noun. ['ti:nǝfɔ:, 'tɛn-] L19.
[from mod. Latin ctenophorus, formed as CTENOID: see -PHORE.]
Zoology. Any animal of the phylum Ctenophora, comprising pelagic marine creatures resembling jellyfish and moving by means of stiff cilia borne on comblike plates. Also called comb-jelly.

■ cte'nophoral adjective of or pertaining to the Ctenophora or a ctenophore M19.

■ cte'nophoran adjective & noun (a) adjective = ctenophoral; (b) noun = CTENOPHORE: L19.

■ cteno'phoric adjective = ctenophoral L19.

[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲