phylum cnidaria

1. 1.

   hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals

   SynonymsCnidariaCoelenterataphylum Coelenterata

   Broaderphylum

   Part ofMetazoa

Questions about phylum cnidaria

What does phylum cnidaria mean?

phylum cnidaria means "hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals".

What is another word for phylum cnidaria?

Close synonyms include Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Coelenterata. 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 phylum cnidaria a common word?

phylum cnidaria 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.