noun
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
• Syn: ↑coelenterate
• Hypernyms: ↑invertebrate
• Hyponyms:
↑polyp, ↑medusa, ↑medusoid, ↑medusan, ↑jellyfish, ↑scyphozoan, ↑hydrozoan, ↑hydroid, ↑anthozoan, ↑actinozoan
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cnidaria, ↑phylum Cnidaria, ↑Coelenterata, ↑phylum Coelenterata
• Part Meronyms: ↑coelenteron
Useful english dictionary. 2012.