Found 2 items, similar to comb jellies.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: comb jelly comb jelly n : biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb [syn: ctenophore]
English → English (gcide) Definition: comb jellies Ctenophora \Cte*noph"o*ra\ (t?-n?f"?-r?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ???, ???, comb + ???? to carry.] (Zo["o]l.) A phylum of invertebrates, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. They are commonly called the comb jellies, because the separate paddles somewhat resemble combs. This phylum was formerly classified as a subdivision (class) within the C[oe]lenterata. [1913 Webster +PJC]