1. A marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora, characterized by rows of cilia and a gelatinous body; a comb jelly.
Usage: biology; zoology

1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the phylum Ctenophora.
Usage: biology; zoology

Examples

• The ctenophoran drifted through the ocean currents with its luminescent cilia.
• Scientists discovered a new ctenophoran species in the deep sea.
• Ctenophoran bodies are composed of about 95 percent water.
• The ctenophoran's rows of beating cilia create a rainbow-like effect.
• Unlike jellyfish, most ctenophoran species are not venomous.
• Researchers study ctenophoran nervous systems to understand early animal evolution.