HyperDic: cestum_veneris

English > 1 sense of the expression Cestum veneris:
NOUNanimalCestum veneris, Venus's girdlectenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
English > Cestum veneris: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body.
SynonymVenus's girdle
Member ofCestum, genus CestumVenus's girdle
Broaderctenophore, comb jellybiradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb

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