|
|
Definition of Comb jelly
1. Noun. Biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb.
Generic synonyms: Invertebrate
Group relationships: Ctenophora, Phylum Ctenophora
Terms within: Comb-plate, Ctene, Comb
Specialized synonyms: Beroe, Platyctenean, Sea Gooseberry, Cestum Veneris, Venus's Girdle
Definition of Comb jelly
1. Noun. A jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora; a ctenophore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comb Jelly
Literary usage of Comb jelly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook in General Zoology by Henry Richardson Linville, Henry Augustus Kelly (1906)
"The body of the comb-jelly is soft like that of the jellyfish, but the plan of
structure ... The comb-jelly produces a phosphorescent light when disturbed. ..."
2. Problems of Nature by Gustav Jäger (1897)
"A. Neurula of a comb-jelly (Eucharis), perpendicular section; a exoderm; »
formation of neural fold; b entoderm, forming gastral fold; c mesoderm; ..."
3. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1906)
"They flew aboard, attracted by deck lights. These birds had lx.4'11 feeling on
fish eggs? and ctenophores or comb-jelly. During the clay many were seen ..."
Other Resources:
