comb jelly - biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a combinvertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification ctene - comb-plate or locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused beroe - delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores platyctenean - ctenophore have long tentacles and flattened body sea gooseberry - ctenophore having a rounded body with longitudinal rows of cilia comb - ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore |