ctenophore

Borrowed from translingual Ctenophora; equivalent to cteno- +‎ -phore.

• enPR: tēʹnə-fôrˈ, těnʹə-fôrˈ
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/, /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔː/

  • Audio (UK); /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔː/:

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtiː.nəˌfɔɹ/, /ˈtɛn.əˌfɔɹ/
• Hyphenation: cte‧no‧phore, cten‧o‧phore

ctenophore (plural ctenophores)

1. Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. [from 19th c.]
   • 2017 August 1, Douglas Fox, “Aliens in our midst”, in Aeon‎^[1]:

     Ctenophores are abundant in the oceans, but long-neglected by scientists.

• (marine animal of phylum Ctenophora): comb jelly

• ctenophoran
• ctenophoric
• ctenophorous

• ctenophore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• nectophore