noun
ctenophore having tentacles only in the immature stage; body compressed vertically having two large oral lobes and four pointed processes
• Syn: ↑order Lobata
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Tentaculata, ↑class Tentaculata
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\\lōˈbäd.ə, -ˈbād.ə\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of ctenophores (class Tentaculata) with the body compressed in the vertical plane and produced into two large oral lobes and four pointed processes
Useful english dictionary. 2012.