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Definition of Coelenterata
1. Noun. Hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals.
Group relationships: Metazoa, Subkingdom Metazoa
Member holonyms: Cnidarian, Coelenterate, Polyp, Medusa, Medusan, Medusoid, Class Scyphozoa, Scyphozoa, Jellyfish, Class Hydrozoa, Hydrozoa, Actinozoa, Anthozoa, Class Actinozoa, Class Anthozoa
Generic synonyms: Phylum
Definition of Coelenterata
1. Proper noun. (obsolete) Term for a (l en taxonomic) group that encompassed Cnidaria and Ctenophora. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Coelenterata
1. One of the major phyla of invertebrates, to which such forms as jellyfish belong. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coelenterata
Literary usage of Coelenterata
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)
"CHAPTER XIII coelenterata (CONTINUE! ... characters in common which distinguish
them not only from the other coelenterata, but from all other animals. ..."
2. Elements of Comparative Zoology by John Sterling Kingsley (1897)
"The coelenterata and the Echinoderma were formerly united into a group Radiata,
the basis of association being the radiate type of structure so noticeable ..."
3. Maryland Geological Survey by Maryland Geological Survey (1913)
"OGY UPPER DEVONIAN coelenterata JOHN M. CLARKE and CK SWARTZ. ECHINODERMATA JOHN M.
CLARKE and CK SWARTZ. VERMES JOHN M. CLARKE and CK SWARTZ. ..."
4. Bibliographia zoologica by Concilium Bibliographicum (1898)
"coelenterata (593.5—8.). 38'Agassiz, Alex. 1898. A Visit to the Great Barrier
Reef of Australia in the Steamer »Corydon«. With 42 pig. Bull. Mus. ..."
5. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1881)
"By GEORGE LESLIE, Esq., MB, CM; and WA HERDMAN, Esq., D.Sc., FLS Part III., comprising
the PORIFERA, coelenterata (pars), VERMES, PYCNOGONIDA, and MOLLUSCA. ..."
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