Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical genus of ctenophorans of the family Beroidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.
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- noun zoology A small,
oval ,transparent jellyfish , belonging to theCtenophora .
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- noun delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores
Etymologies
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Examples
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The beroe is a most active being, its habits conforming to the organisation with which it is endowed.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 Various 1841
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This just means he has to keep speaking eloquently on this issue beroe it comes up again b/c the GOP will pull tbe race card during the general election so he and the DNC need to prepare for this.
Poll: Majority Liked Obama's Race Relations Speech, But Doubts About Wright Remain 2009
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In deep water, far from the land, the number of living creatures is extremely small: south of the latitude 35°, I never succeeded in catching anything besides some beroe, and a few species of minute entomostracous crustacea.
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In deep water, far from the land, the number of living creatures is extremely small: south of the latitude 35°, I never succeeded in catching anything besides some beroe, and a few species of minute entomostracous crustacea.
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The Captain had advised Nellie to search amongst the old wooden piles of the pier, as a likely situation to find these animals, and others he named quite as curious, such as the ` beroe 'and the ` balanus,' which while looking as if inanimate yet are ` all alive, 'and, if not
Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel John B. [Illustrator] Greene
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In deep water, far from the land, the number of living creatures is extremely small: south of the latitude 35°, I never succeeded in catching anything besides some beroe, and a few species of minute entomostracous crustacea.
Chapter VIII 1909
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In deep water, far from the land, the number of living creatures is extremely small: south of the latitude 35 degrees, I never succeeded in catching anything besides some beroe, and a few species of minute entomostracous crustacea.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1845
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Mr Patterson, in his excellent _Introduction to Zoology_, mentions that on one occasion he divided a fragment of the body of a beroe, lately taken from the shore and shattered by a storm, 'into portions so minute that one piece of skin had but two cilia attached to it, yet the vibration of these organs continued for nearly a couple of days afterwards!'
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 Various 1841
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By stopping some of its paddles, and keeping others in play, the beroe can change its course at pleasure, and so wander 'at its own sweet will,' through the trackless waste.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 Various 1841
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But we must leave the beroe, charmer though it be.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 423 Volume 17, New Series, February 7, 1852 Various 1841
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