A large, almost transparent comb jelly with a flattened ribbon-like body, living chiefly in warmer seas.
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Genus Cestum, phylum Ctenophora
Example sentencesExamples
Approximately 2 to 5 inches wide, warty comb jellies range from Florida through the West Indies and are also known as sea gooseberries or Venus's girdles.
‘The creature is named Venus's girdle,’ Neptune whispered and this so delighted me that I burst out laughing.
Many comb jellies are round, like small grapes, but the Venus's girdle is very long and flat, and looks like a belt.
He was mesmerized by a Venus's girdle, a diaphanous bit of jelly sparking tiny rainbows amid its vibrating rows of cilia.
Definition of Venus's girdle in US English:
Venus's girdle
noun
A large, almost transparent comb jelly with a flattened ribbon-like body, living chiefly in warmer seas.
带水母
Genus Cestum, phylum Ctenophora
Example sentencesExamples
Approximately 2 to 5 inches wide, warty comb jellies range from Florida through the West Indies and are also known as sea gooseberries or Venus's girdles.
‘The creature is named Venus's girdle,’ Neptune whispered and this so delighted me that I burst out laughing.
He was mesmerized by a Venus's girdle, a diaphanous bit of jelly sparking tiny rainbows amid its vibrating rows of cilia.
Many comb jellies are round, like small grapes, but the Venus's girdle is very long and flat, and looks like a belt.