sea walnuts

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• sea walnut — a comb jelly, as of the genus Mnemiopsis, shaped like a walnut. * * * ▪ invertebrate       any member of a common genus (Mnemiopsis) of gelatinous, planktonic marine invertebrates of the order Lobata (class Tentaculata, phylum Ctenophora). The… …   Universalium

• cnidarian — /nuy dair ee euhn/, n. 1. any invertebrate animal, as a hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, or coral, considered as belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by the specialized stinging structures in the tentacles surrounding the mouth; a… …   Universalium

• plankton — planktonic /plangk ton ik/, adj. /plangk teuhn/, n. the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms occurring in a body of water, primarily comprising microscopic algae and protozoa. [1890 95; < G, special use of neut …   Universalium

• ctenophore — /ten euh fawr , fohr , tee neuh /, n. any gelatinous marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora; a comb jelly. [1880 85; < NL ctenophorus. See CTENO , PHORE] * * * or comb jelly Any of nearly 90 species (phylum Ctenophora) of usually colourless …   Universalium

• ctenophores — n., n. pl. [Gr. kteis, comb; phoreus, bearer] A phylum of marine coelenterates commonly called sea walnuts or comb jellies, that are free swimming and biradially symmetrical with 8 rows of fused ciliary plates (combs or ctenes) at some stage of… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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