comb-out | the act of carefully weeding out unwanted things or people, the department got a good comb-out |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
comb combing | the act of drawing a comb through hair, his hair needed a comb |
comb-out teasing | the act of removing tangles from you hair with a comb |
Pyrrophyta phylum Pyrrophyta | a division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds |
Protozoa phylum Protozoa | in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom, comprises flagellates, ciliates, sporozoans, amoebas, foraminifers |
Cryptophyta phylum Cryptophyta | a phylum in the kingdom Protoctista |
Chordata phylum Chordata | comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord |
Arthropoda phylum Arthropoda | jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids, crustaceans, insects, millipedes, centipedes |
comb-footed spider theridiid | spider having a comb-like row of bristles on each hind foot |
comb cockscomb coxcomb | the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds |
Porifera phylum Porifera | coextensive with the subkingdom Parazoa: sponges |
Cnidaria phylum Cnidaria Coelenterata phylum Coelenterata | hydras, polyps, jellyfishes, sea anemones, corals |
Ctenophora phylum Ctenophora | comb jellies, sea acorns, a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata |
ctene comb-plate | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused |
ctenophore comb jelly | biradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb |
comb | ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore |
Acanthocephala phylum Acanthocephala | phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms |
Chaetognatha phylum Chaetognatha | arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms |
Platyhelminthes phylum Platyhelminthes | flatworms |
Nemertea phylum Nemertea Nemertina phylum Nemertina | proboscis worms |
Pogonophora phylum Pogonophora | beard worms |
Rotifera phylum Rotifera | a phylum including: rotifers |
Nematoda phylum Nematoda Aschelminthes phylum Aschelminthes | unsegmented worms: roundworms, threadworms, eelworms |
Annelida phylum Annelida | segmented worms: earthworms, lugworms, leeches |
Mollusca phylum Mollusca | gastropods, bivalves, cephalopods, chitons |
Phoronida Phoronidea phylum Phoronida | small phylum of wormlike marine animals |
Bryozoa phylum Bryozoa polyzoa | marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids |
Ectoprocta phylum Ectoprocta | coextensive with or a subphylum of Bryozoa |
Entoprocta phylum Entoprocta Endoprocta | sometimes considered a subphylum of Bryozoa |
Cycliophora phylum Cycliophora | tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips, identified tentatively in as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta |
Brachiopoda phylum Brachiopoda | marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks |
Sipuncula phylum Sipuncula | peanut worms |
Echinodermata phylum Echinodermata | radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers |
comb | a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge, disentangles or arranges hair |
comb | any of several tools for straightening fibers |
fine-tooth comb fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
pocketcomb pocket comb | a small comb suitable for carrying in a pocket |
phylum | (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants, contains classes |
phylum | (linguistics) a large group of languages that are historically related |
comb comb out disentangle | smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb, comb your hair before dinner, comb the wool |
comb ransack | search thoroughly, They combed the area for the missing child |
comb | straighten with a comb, comb your hair |
weed out comb out | remove unwanted elements, The company weeded out the incompetent people, The new law weeds out the old inequities |
ctenoid comb-like | resembling a comb, having projections like the teeth of a comb |