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Definition of Cestum
1. Noun. Venus's girdle.
Exact synonyms: Genus Cestum
Generic synonyms: Ctenophore Genus
Group relationships: Cestidae, Family Cestidae
Member holonyms: Cestum Veneris, Venus's Girdle
Generic synonyms: Ctenophore Genus
Group relationships: Cestidae, Family Cestidae
Member holonyms: Cestum Veneris, Venus's Girdle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cestum
Literary usage of Cestum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1870)
"The tentacle-sheath opens out quite near the under margin, and forms a prominence
in the middle of the body, as is found in the Cestum ..."
2. Text-book of Zoology for Junior Students by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1888)
"Ctenophora, Cestum Veneris, reduced in size. The only other form of the Ctenophora
... Cestum is not uncommon in the Mediterranean, and has the power of ..."
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