comb jelly

[kohm]

noun

1. any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, comprising various nearly transparent creatures having rounded, oval, or band-shaped bodies propelled by eight iridescent appendages composed of cilia arranged like teeth on a comb.

comb jelly

noun

1. another name for a ctenophore

comb jelly

1. See ctenophore

Word History and Origins

Origin of comb jelly¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

To test whether this comb jelly was actually two individuals who had fused together, the scientists tested individual ctenophores collected at different sites on separate dates.

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So, the outcomes of future technological evolution could surpass humans by as much as we intellectually surpass a comb jelly.

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Recently, Maike Kittelmann, a cell biologist at Oxford Brookes University, and her colleagues froze comb jelly larvae so that they could get a microscopic look at their nervous system.

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Because they do everything so differently, studying comb jelly biology could help find creative solutions to human biological problems.

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Venus’s girdle, a species of comb jelly, or ctenophore.

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