HyperDic: cnidarian

English > 1 sense of the word cnidarian:
NOUNanimalcnidarian, coelenterateradially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures
English > cnidarian: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningradially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms.
Synonymcoelenterate
Member ofCnidaria, phylum Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Coelenteratahydras
PartscoelenteronThe saclike body cavity of a coelenterate
Narroweranthozoan, actinozoansessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps
hydrozoan, hydroidcolonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
jellyfishAny of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
medusa, medusoid, medusanOne of two forms that coelenterates take
polypOne of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral)
scyphozoanAny of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage / stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle
BroaderinvertebrateAny animal lacking a backbone or notochord
Spanishcelentéreo, celentéreos, cnidarian, cnidario
Catalancnidari

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