cnidarian

English

From phylum name Cnidaria +‎ -an.

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cnidarian (plural cnidarians)

(zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. [from 19th c.]
- 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35:
  A general feature of cnidarians, as I noted above, is their stinging cells.

any of various invertebrate animals that belong to the phylum Cnidaria

Asturian: cnidario m
Catalan: cnidari m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 刺胞動物／刺胞动物 (zh) (cìbāo dòngwù), 刺絲胞動物／刺丝胞动物 (zh) (cìsībāo dòngwù)
Czech: žahavec m
Finnish: polttiaiseläin
French: cnidaire (fr) m
Galician: cnidario m
German: Nesseltier (de) n
Gujarati: શૂલપ્રાણી (śūlaprāṇī)
Hindi: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī)
Hungarian: csalánozó (hu)
Italian: cnidario m
Korean: 자포동물(刺胞動物) (japodongmul)
Marathi: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī)
Nepali: शूलप्राणी (śūlaprāṇī)
Norwegian: nesledyr (no) n
Polish: parzydełkowiec m
Portuguese: cnidário (pt) m
Russian: книда́рий (ru) m (knidárij), стрека́ющее n (strekájuščeje)
Spanish: cnidario m
Swedish: nässeldjur (sv) n