cnidarian

Etymology

From phylum name Cnidaria + -an.

noun

  1. (zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria.
    A general feature of cnidarians, as I noted above, is their stinging cells. 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35

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