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Definition of Venus's girdle in English: Venus's girdlenoun A large, almost transparent comb jelly with a flattened ribbon-like body, living chiefly in warmer seas. Genus Cestum, phylum Ctenophora Example sentencesExamples - Approximately 2 to 5 inches wide, warty comb jellies range from Florida through the West Indies and are also known as sea gooseberries or Venus's girdles.
- ‘The creature is named Venus's girdle,’ Neptune whispered and this so delighted me that I burst out laughing.
- Many comb jellies are round, like small grapes, but the Venus's girdle is very long and flat, and looks like a belt.
- He was mesmerized by a Venus's girdle, a diaphanous bit of jelly sparking tiny rainbows amid its vibrating rows of cilia.
Definition of Venus's girdle in US English: Venus's girdlenoun A large, almost transparent comb jelly with a flattened ribbon-like body, living chiefly in warmer seas. Genus Cestum, phylum Ctenophora Example sentencesExamples - Approximately 2 to 5 inches wide, warty comb jellies range from Florida through the West Indies and are also known as sea gooseberries or Venus's girdles.
- ‘The creature is named Venus's girdle,’ Neptune whispered and this so delighted me that I burst out laughing.
- He was mesmerized by a Venus's girdle, a diaphanous bit of jelly sparking tiny rainbows amid its vibrating rows of cilia.
- Many comb jellies are round, like small grapes, but the Venus's girdle is very long and flat, and looks like a belt.
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