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Ctenostomata
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Ctenˊo-stom′a-ta
(t?nˊ?-st?m′?-t?)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], comb + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], -[GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] mouth.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles.
Definition 2024
Ctenostomata
Ctenostomata
Translingual
Proper noun
Ctenostomata
- A taxonomic order within the class Gymnolaemata – colonial bryozoans.
Hyponyms
- (order): Protoctenostomata, Alcyonidiina, Flustrellidrina, Victorellina, Paludicellina, Vesicularina, Stoloniferina - suborders