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coe·len·ter·ate | \ si-ˈlen-tə-ˌrāt 
, -rət \
, -rət \Definition of coelenterate
: cnidarian Like corals and jellyfish, sea anemones are coelenterates, a name that sacrifices poetry for scientific precision; it means that they have a hollow gut.— Richard Conniff
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coelenterate
nouncoe·len·ter·ate | \ si-ˈlent-ə-ˌrāt, -rət \
\Medical Definition of coelenterate
: any invertebrate animal of the phylum Cnidaria
— called also cnidarian
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The first known use of coelenterate was in 1873
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