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CESTUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Venus's girdle

Synonyms:

Cestum; genus Cestum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cestum" is a kind of...):

ctenophore genus (a genus of ctenophores)

Meronyms (members of "Cestum"):

Cestum veneris; Venus's girdle (ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body)

Holonyms ("Cestum" is a member of...):

Cestidae; family Cestidae (coextensive with the order Cestida; ctenophores having a greatly flattened and elongated body)

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