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Cœlenterata
‖ Cœlenterata, n. pl. Zool. (siːlɛntəˈreɪtə) Also cœlentera. [mod.L., f. Gr. κοῖλ-ος hollow + ἔντερ-ον intestine + -āta, pl. neut. of -ātus, -ate.] 1. One of the primary groups into which Leuckart, followed by others, divided the Animal Kingdom. As constituted by him, the group contains animals poss...
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cœlenterate
cœlenterate, a. and n. (siːˈlɛntəreɪt) [f. as prec.] A. adj. Belonging to the Cœlenterata. B. n. A member of the Cœlenterata.1872 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. I. v. iii. 522 Among the higher cœlenterate creatures. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 713 A development never attained in any Cœlenterate.
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cœlenteric
cœlenteric, a. (siːlɛnˈtɛrɪk) [f. as prec. + -ic.] Belonging to the digestive cavity and system of the Cœlenterata.1875 tr. Schmidt's Desc. & Darw. 31 The so-called Cœlenteric apparatus.
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Cœlomata
‖ Cœlomata, n. pl. Zool. (siːˈləʊmətə) [mod.L., pl. neut. of *cœlōmatus, f. Gr. κοίλωµατ- hollow, cavity: see cœlome. (For formation, cf. Gr. ἀσώµατος, etc.)] The name given by Ray Lankester to the higher of his two subdivisions of Enterozoa (= Metazoa), including all of these that have a cœlome or ...
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Ctenophora
‖ Ctenophora, n. pl. Zool. (tiːˈnɒfərə) [mod.L., neuter pl. (sc. animalia) of ctenophorus, a. Gr. type *κτενοϕορος, f. κτενο- comb + -ϕορος bearing.] A division of animals, formerly considered as an order of Acalepha, and now made a class of the Cœlenterata. The present view is that they are highly ...
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Cnidaria
Cnidaria, n. Zool. (nɪˈdɛːrɪə, naɪˈdɛːrɪə, kn-) [mod.L. (coined in Fr. in Milne Edwards & Haine Hist. Nat. des Coralliaires (1857) I. ii. 94), f. Gr. κνίδη nettle + L. -āria, pl. of -ārium -ary1.] A phylum of aquatic invertebrates (cnidarians) typically having a simple tube-shaped or cup-shaped body...
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teliferous
teliferous, a. (tɪˈlɪfərəs) [f. L. *tēlifer dart-bearing, f. tēlum dart: see -ferous.] † 1. Bearing darts or missiles. Obs. rare.1656 Blount Glossogr., Teliferous,..which beareth darts, arrows or weapons. 1658 in Phillips. 2. Zool. Armed with nematocysts or stinging cells, as the Telifera, a divisio...
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cnida
‖ cnida Zool. (ˈknaɪdə) Pl. cnidæ. [mod.L., a. Gr. κνίδη nettle.] The nettle cell (urticating, or thread cell) of the Cœlenterata (jelly-fish, hydra, etc.), in which their power of stinging resides: usually called nematocyst. Hence [combining form cnido-], ˈcnidoblast [Gr. βλαστός germ], the cell in...
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subkingdom
ˈsubˌkingdom [sub- 7 b.] One of the primary groups into which the animal and vegetable kingdoms are divided.1825 W. S. Macleay Annulosa Javan. 5 If we..descend from the consideration of the kingdom Animalia to the department or sub-kingdom Annulosa. 1851 Carpenter Man. Phys. (ed. 2) 131 These Red Co...
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Actinozoa
‖ Actinozoa, n. pl. Zool. (ˌæktɪnəʊˈzəʊə) [mod.L. f. actino- + Gr. ζῶα pl. of ζῶον animal.] A class of Radiated animals, comprising part of the Cœlenterata of Huxley, and of the Zoophytes of other naturalists, containing the sea-anemones and coral polypes. The sing. Actinozoon is rare.1872 Nicholson...
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polypiarian
polypiarian, a. and n. Zool. (ˌpɒlɪpɪˈɛərɪən) [f. mod.L. Polypiaria, neut. pl., f. polypus polyp.] a. adj. Belonging to the Polypiaria, a division in some classifications nearly conterminous with the modern Cœlenterata. b. n. An animal belonging to this division, a polyp (see polyp 1 b).1849 Craig, ...
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endoderm
endoderm (ˈɛndəʊdɜːm) [f. Gr. ἔνδο-ν (see endo-) + δέρµ-α skin.] 1. Bot. a. A layer of large cambium cells lying beneath the liber. b. The inner layer of the wall of a vegetable cell.1835 Lindley Introd. Bot. (1848) I. 193 The cellular face of the liber..A. Richard distinguishes by the name of subli...
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Encrinus
‖ Encrinus Zool. (ˈɛnkrɪnəs) Also 8 encrinos. [mod.L., f. Gr. ἐν in + κρίνον lily. The word was invented by Harenberg (1729) as a name for a fossil which two years before he had proposed to call a ‘stone lily’.] 1. † A name formerly applied generally to fossil crinoids; = encrinite (obs.). b. Now th...
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corbula
‖ corbula Zool. (ˈkɔːbjuːlə) [L., dim. of corbis basket.] 1. A common receptacle in which groups of gonangia are inclosed, in some of the Cœlenterata.1861 J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd., Cœlent. 95 A basket-like receptacle, or ‘corbula’, within which the reproductive bodies are lodged. 2. (With capi...
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Porifera
‖ Porifera, n. pl. Zool. (pɒˈrɪfərə) [mod.L., neut. pl. of porifer, f. L. porus (a. Gr. πόρος) pore n.1 + -fer bearing.] The sponges, reckoned as a class or main division of Cœlenterata, characterized by having the body-wall perforated by numerous inhalant pores. Hence porifer (ˈpɔərɪfə(r)), a membe...
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