coelenterate
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
coelenterate /siːˈlɛnt(ə)rət, -reɪt/
▶noun Zoology an aquatic invertebrate animal, typically having a tube- or cup-shaped body with a single opening ringed with tentacles, belonging to a phylum (Cnidaria, formerly Coelenterata) that includes jellyfishes, corals, and sea anemones.
– origin C19: from mod. L. Coelenterata, from Gk koilos ‘hollow’ + enteron ‘intestine’.
'coelenterate' also found in these Oxford entries:
by-the-wind sailor
- hydra
- hydroid
- hydrozoan
- jellyfish
- manubrium
- medusa
- nematocyst
- planula
- polyp
- Portuguese man-of-war
- radius
- sea anemone
- sea pen
- siphonophore
