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Noun: comb-plate
  1. A locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused
    "The ctenophore's comb-plates propelled it through the water";
    - ctene

Derived forms: comb-plates

Type of: organ

Part of: comb jelly, ctenophore