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Definition of Cydippidea
1. Noun. Ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles.
Exact synonyms: Cydippea, Cydippida, Order Cydippea, Order Cydippida, Order Cydippidea
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Tentaculata, Tentaculata
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Tentaculata, Tentaculata
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cydippidea
Literary usage of Cydippidea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1906)
"In /the cydippidea the ova are produced on one side of the longitudinal canal
... The development of the cydippidea is really direct, but there is a stage ..."
2. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"cydippidea, Lesson. Ctenophora of spherical, cylindrical, or compressed form,
with two simple oi branched tentacles retractile ..."
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