Defenition of the word coelenterate
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Defenition of the word coelenterate
- Animals that have a single body cavity (the coelenteron).
- radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
Synonyms for the word coelenterate
Meronymys for the word coelenterate
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- Cnidaria
- Coelenterata
- coelenteron
- phylum Cnidaria
- phylum Coelenterata
Hyponyms for the word coelenterate
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- actinozoan
- anthozoan
- hydroid
- hydrozoan
- jellyfish
- medusa
- medusan
- medusoid
- polyp
- scyphozoan
Hypernyms for the word coelenterate
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