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单词 coelenterate
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Definition of coelenterate in English:

coelenterate

noun siːˈlɛnt(ə)rətsiːˈlɛnt(ə)reɪtsiˈlɛntəreɪt
Zoology
  • An aquatic invertebrate animal of a phylum that includes jellyfishes, corals, and sea anemones. They typically have a tube- or cup-shaped body with a single opening ringed with tentacles that bear stinging cells (nematocysts).

    Phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata): four classes

    Also called cnidarian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Throughout the wreck dive we have been shadowed by thousands of coelenterates, drifting by like a slow hail of souls.
    • Over 200 species of micro-organisms, fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, echinoderms, coelenterates, and molluscs have been identified in the vent areas.
    • Some Late Precambrian Ediacaran fossils bear strong resemblances to colonial coelenterates called sea pens.
    • Seabather's eruption occurs when a person is exposed to the larvae of certain coelenterates.
    • Surfers more often encounter free-floating coelenterates such as the true jellyfish, Portuguese man-of-war, and box jellyfish.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Coelenterata, from Greek koilos 'hollow' + enteron 'intestine'.

 
 

Definition of coelenterate in US English:

coelenterate

nounsiˈlɛntəreɪtsēˈlentərāt
Zoology
  • An aquatic invertebrate animal of a phylum that includes jellyfishes, corals, and sea anemones. They are distinguished by having a tube- or cup-shaped body and a single opening ringed with tentacles.

    Phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata): four classes

    Also called cnidarian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Over 200 species of micro-organisms, fish, crustaceans, polychaetes, echinoderms, coelenterates, and molluscs have been identified in the vent areas.
    • Some Late Precambrian Ediacaran fossils bear strong resemblances to colonial coelenterates called sea pens.
    • Seabather's eruption occurs when a person is exposed to the larvae of certain coelenterates.
    • Throughout the wreck dive we have been shadowed by thousands of coelenterates, drifting by like a slow hail of souls.
    • Surfers more often encounter free-floating coelenterates such as the true jellyfish, Portuguese man-of-war, and box jellyfish.

Origin

Late 19th century: from modern Latin Coelenterata, from Greek koilos ‘hollow’ + enteron ‘intestine’.

 
 
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