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Coelenterate

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Noun

1. cnidarian, coelenterate

radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms

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Coelenterate

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noun
1. 
any invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria (formerly Coelenterata), having a saclike body with a single opening (mouth), which occurs in polyp and medusa forms. Coelenterates include the hydra, jellyfishes, sea anemones, and corals
adjective
2. 
(loosely) any invertebrate of the phyla Cnidaria or Ctenophora
3. 
of or relating to coelenterates

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Coelenterate

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noun
cnidarian

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Coelenterate

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n.
A marine invertebrate belonging to the now obsolete phylum Coelenterata, which included the cnidarians and sometimes also the ctenophores.

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