Coelenterata
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Coelenterata
From New Latin, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at coelenteron, -ata 1
Example Sentences
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Investigating the riot of fungus, lichens, molds, smuts and mildews that festooned the place, Beebe discovered Protozoa, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes, Nemathelminthes, and Rotifera, and was certain of the existence of Mollusca, Oligochaeta, Hirundinea and Arthropoda.
From Time Magazine Archive
Huxley, who compared the serous and mucous layers of Pander with the ectoderm and endoderm of the Coelenterata.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
One of the radial segments composing the body of one of the Coelenterata.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
Following out this curious theory, Dohrn came to contest the general belief that the Coelenterata and Worms are "lower animals"; he even declared that the unicellular Protozoa were degenerate Coelenterata.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
Shunting "Actinozoa" to "Coelenterata" would do no harm, and would have the great merit of letting me breathe a little.
From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Thomas Henry Huxley
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