ctenophore

noun

biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb

Roots

kteiscteno- · Greek · comb phoros-phore · Greek · bearer, carrying

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