venus's girdle

1. 1.

   ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body

   SynonymsCestum veneris

   Broaderctenophore

   Part ofCestum

Questions about venus's girdle

What does venus's girdle mean?

venus's girdle means "ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body".

What is another word for venus's girdle?

Close synonyms include Cestum veneris. 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 venus's girdle a common word?

venus's girdle 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.