cnidarian

English

From translingual Cnidaria +‎ -an, derived from New Latin Cnīdāria, derived from Ancient Greek κνῑ́δη (knī́dē, “sea nettle”).^[1]

enPR: nī-dâr′ē-ən^[1]
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /naɪˈdɛː.iː.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /naɪˈdɛɹ.i.ən/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /nɑɪˈdeː.iː.ən/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /naɪˈdeə̯.iː.ən/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /naɪˈder.i.ən/
(India) IPA^(key): /najˈɖæʳ.iː.an/
Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Hyphenation: cni‧dar‧i‧an^[1]

cnidarian (plural cnidarians)

(zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. [from 19th c.]
- 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35:
  A general feature of cnidarians, as I noted above, is their stinging cells.

any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria

Asturian: cnidario m
Catalan: cnidari m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺胞動物 / 刺胞动物 (zh) (cìbāo dòngwù), 刺絲胞動物 / 刺丝胞动物 (zh) (cìsībāo dòngwù)
Czech: žahavec m
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Finnish: polttiaiseläin (fi)
French: cnidaire (fr) m
Galician: cnidario m
German: Nesseltier (de) n
Gujarati: શૂલપ્રાણી (śūlaprāṇī)
Hindi: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī)
Hungarian: csalánozó (hu)
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Italian: cnidario m
Korean: 자포동물(刺胞動物) (japodongmul)
Marathi: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī)
Nepali: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī)
Norwegian: nesledyr (no) n
Polish: parzydełkowiec m
Portuguese: cnidário (pt) m
Russian: книда́рий (ru) m (knidárij), стрека́ющее n (strekájuščeje)
Spanish: cnidario m
Swedish: nässeldjur (sv) n
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cnidarian (comparative more cnidarian, superlative most cnidarian)

of or relating to a cnidarian