Coelenteran.
/sᵻˈlɛnt(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˌsiˈlɛntəˌrə/ Zoology (now historical).
= Coelenterata n.
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1880 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Jan. 106 The origin of the genitalia from this or that layer, would prove to be—in the Cœlentera at any rate—a matter of no genealogical import.
1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 99 Whilst Cœlentera of the first and simplest type are usually sessile, those just described, the medusoid forms, are generally free-swimming.
1921 J. A. Thomson Outl. Zool. (ed. 7) ix. 137 The Cœlentera..form a very large series of Acœlomate Metazoa.
1946 H. Woods Palæontol. Invertebr. (ed. 8) 52 The Cœlentera include hydroids, jelly-fishes, sea-anemones, corals, and allied forms.
1969 Science 2 May 541/2 Williams' primary subdivision separates ‘the Lowest Groups’, namely, Protozoa, Porifera, and Coelentera..from the other animals on the basis of their ‘lacking bilateral symmetry’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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