noun
ctenophores have retractile tentacles
• Syn: ↑class Tentaculata
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ctenophora, ↑phylum Ctenophora
• Member Meronyms:
↑Cydippida, ↑order Cydippida, ↑Cydippidea, ↑order Cydippidea, ↑Cydippea, ↑order Cydippea, ↑Platyctenea, ↑order Platyctenea, ↑Cestida, ↑order Cestida, ↑Lobata, ↑order Lobata
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\\tenˌtakyəˈläd.ə, -lād.ə\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a class of Ctenophora comprising forms with tentacles that are retractile into sheaths and that may be long and pinnate (as in members of the orders Cydippida and Platyctenea), small and unbranched (as in members of the order Cestida), or present only in the immature stage (as in members of the order Lobata)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.