cnidarian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From translingual Cnidaria + -an, derived from New Latin Cnīdāria, derived from Ancient Greek κνῑ́δη (knī́dē, “sea nettle”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: nī-dâr′ē-ən[1]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /naɪˈdɛəɹ.i.ən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /naɪˈdɛɹ.i.ən/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /nɑɪˈdeːɹ.i.ən/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /naɪˈdeə̯ɹ.i.ən/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /naɪˈder.i.ən/
- (India) IPA(key): /najˈɖæʳ.i.an/
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
- Hyphenation: cni‧dar‧i‧an[1]
Noun
[edit]cnidarian (plural cnidarians)
- (zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. [from 19th c.]
- 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35:
- A general feature of cnidarians, as I noted above, is their stinging cells.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria
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Adjective
[edit]cnidarian (comparative more cnidarian, superlative most cnidarian)
- Of or relating to a cnidarian.[1]
Translations
[edit]of or relating to a cnidarian
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “cnidarian”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
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