noun
hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals
• Syn: ↑Cnidaria, ↑phylum Cnidaria, ↑phylum Coelenterata
• Hypernyms: ↑phylum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Metazoa, ↑subkingdom Metazoa
• Member Meronyms:
↑coelenterate, ↑cnidarian, ↑polyp, ↑medusa, ↑medusoid, ↑medusan, ↑Scyphozoa, ↑class Scyphozoa, ↑jellyfish, ↑Hydrozoa, ↑class Hydrozoa, ↑Anthozoa, ↑class Anthozoa, ↑Actinozoa, ↑class Actinozoa
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/si len'teuh ray"teuh/, n.
the phylum comprising the coelenterates. Cf. Cnidaria.
[1870-75; NL; see COELENTERON, -ATA1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.