Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One of the swimming-plates in Ctenophora.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused
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Ends in ene
Words that, like my name, end in -ene. Excluding strictly chemical names.
aeschynomene, advene, abietene, achene, alberene, alcmene, ctene, scene, intervene, contravene, obscene, serene and 15 more...
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Columns & Rows
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What a row!peripteral, peristyle, orthostichy, pseudo-dipteral, ployment, indentation, plinth, stylobate, balustrade, chine, trompe, telamon and 75 more...
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fbharjo many columns...one row Feb 6, 2012
dhuber Greek, for "comb." A zoological derivative is the phylum Ctenophora, the comb jellies. Sep 25, 2008