COMB-PLATE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused

Synonyms:

comb-plate; ctene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("comb-plate" is a kind of...):

organ (a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function)

Holonyms ("comb-plate" is a part of...):

comb jelly; ctenophore (biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb)

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