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Where does “coelenterate” come from?

coelenterate (English) comes from New Latin Coelenterata.

coelenterate (English): Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to...

Definitions

  1. Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to...

Ancestry of “coelenterate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New LatinCoelenterata—
Every word from New Latin Coelenterata →