Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures;
they occur in polyp and medusa forms;
[syn: coelenterate, cnidarian]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Coelenterate \C[oe]*len"ter*ate\, a. (Zool.)
Belonging to the C[oe]lentera. -- n. One of the C[oe]lentera.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
coelenterate
n 1: radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with
only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures;
they occur in polyp and medusa forms [syn: coelenterate,
cnidarian]