cestum veneris

1. 1.

   ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body

   SynonymsVenus's girdle

   Broaderctenophore

   Part ofCestum

Questions about cestum veneris

What does cestum veneris mean?

cestum veneris means "ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body".

What is another word for cestum veneris?

Close synonyms include Venus's girdle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cestum veneris a common word?

cestum veneris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.