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- noun One of the swimming-plates in Ctenophora.
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- noun a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused
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dhuber commented on the word ctene
Greek, for "comb." A zoological derivative is the phylum Ctenophora, the comb jellies.
September 25, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word ctene
many columns...one row
February 7, 2012