HyperDic: cestidae

English > 1 sense of the word Cestidae:
NOUNanimalCestidae, family Cestidaecoextensive with the order Cestida
English > Cestidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcoextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body.
Synonymfamily Cestidae
Member ofCestida, order Cestidactenophore having short tentacles
MembersCestum, genus CestumVenus's girdle
Broaderctenophore familyA family of ctenophores

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