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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cestum

Cesar Estrada Chavez
Cesar Franck
Cesar Ritz
Cesare Borgia
Cesarian
Cestan-Chenais syndrome
Cestida
Cestidae
Cestodaria
Cestoidea
Cestrian
Cestrians
Cestrum
Cestrum diurnum
Cestrum nocturnum
Cestum
Cestum veneris
Cet mac Mágach
Ceterach
Ceterach officinarum
Cethern mac Fintain
Cethleen
Ceto
Cetonia
Cetonia aurata
Cetoniidae
Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus
Cetorhinus maximus
Cetraria islandica

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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