English Explanatory Dictionary

scyphistoma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of such cells, when it resembles a polyp and breeds asexually by strobilation.

Pronunciation

/saɪˈfɪstəmə/

Word forms

scyphistoma scyphistomas scyphistomata scyphistomae

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

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