Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comb jelly

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: com-b -jel-ly
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora; a ctenophore.

Example Sentences

"Comb-jellies (Ctenophoræ)."
"Ctenophora, the “comb jellies.”"
"After contacting the surface of a comb jelly, a larva is often moved about by the comb plates and cilia of the host, but eventually it may stick at a comparatively undisturbed spot."
"Have you ever met a comb jelly, or ctenophore?"
"Roberts catalogues the other man-made threats to life in the sea: the introduction of alien species by means of ballast water, such as the warty comb jellies that took over the Black Sea [...]."

Etymology

From their prominent bands of cilia, and their jelly-like texture and resemblance to jellyfish.

Inflected Forms

comb jellies (plural) comb-jelly (alternative) combjelly (alternative)

Phrases

Arctic comb jelly bloodybelly comb jelly cigar comb jelly creeping comb jelly lobed comb jelly northern comb jelly warty comb jelly

Synonyms

ctenophore

Questions

What does comb jelly mean?: A jelly-like marine animal of the phylum Ctenophora; a ctenophore.
Where does comb jelly come from?: From their prominent bands of cilia, and their jelly-like texture and resemblance to jellyfish.

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