Crossword clues for ctenophore
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ctenophore \Cten"o*phore\ (t?n"?-f?r), n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Ctenophora.
Wiktionary
n. Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming.
WordNet
n. biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb [syn: comb jelly]
Usage examples of "ctenophore".
There was nothing visible in the lamp’s field except a soup of minute detritus, particles that seemed to eddy upward as the Ctenophore plunged.
The thick crest burst up across the surface of the gnarled plain, scoring as far as Ctenophore ’s lamp could pierce, and branching, splitting into two or three, tracing pathways across the plateau.
Johannes heard his breath come shaky as the avanc fell away and the Ctenophore descended by its side.
As the engine had spun and lashed the deck with the stub of the Ctenophore ’s cable, things had emerged from the hidden decks, attacking those on the bridge and in the boilers and engine rooms, tearing the ship apart.