coelenterate

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English

Etymology

From scientific New Latin Coelenterata.

Pronunciation

Noun

coelenterate (plural coelenterates)

  1. (zoology, dated) Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.

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