coelenterate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
    cnidarian.

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Coe*len"ter*ate adjective
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Coelentra. -- n. One of the Coelentera.

Webster 1913