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Coelenterate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Coelenterate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
invertebrate
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
polyp medusa jellyfish scyphozoan hydrozoan anthozoan
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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