SCYPHOZOAN

Meaning of SCYPHOZOAN in English

n. & adj.

n. any marine jellyfish of the class Scyphozoa, with tentacles bearing stinging cells.

adj. of or relating to this class.

[ as SCYPHUS + Gk zoion animal ]

Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012

SCYPHOZOAN — noun Etymology: New Latin Scyphozoa, from Latin scyphus + New Latin -zoa Date: circa 1909 any of a class (Scyphozoa) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCYPHOZOAN — adjective or noun see scyphozoa
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SCYPHOZOAN — /suy'feuh zoh"euhn/ , n. 1. any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes. adj. 2. belonging or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SCYPHOZOAN — noun Etymology: New Latin Scyphozoa, from Latin scyphus + New Latin -zoa Date: circa 1909 : any of a class …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCYPHOZOAN — [scy.pho.zo.an] n [NL Scyphozoa, fr. L scyphus + NL -zoa] (ca. 1909): any of a class (Scyphozoa) of coelenterates that …
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SCYPHOZOAN — n. & adj. --n. any marine jellyfish of the class Scyphozoa, with tentacles bearing stinging cells. --adj. of or relating …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SCYPHOZOAN — n. & adj. --n. any marine jellyfish of the class Scyphozoa, with tentacles bearing stinging cells. --adj. of or relating …
Oxford English vocab
SCYPHOZOAN — Pronunciation: ˌ s ī -f ə - ' z ō - ə n Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Scyphozoa, from …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SEA WASP — noun Date: 1910 any of various cube-shaped scyphozoan jellyfishes (order or suborder Cubomedusae) that sting virulently and sometimes fatally
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCYPHISTOMA — noun (plural ~e; also -mas) see: stomach Date: 1861 a sexually produced scyphozoan larva that ultimately repeatedly constricts transversely to …
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JELLYFISH — noun Date: 1841 1. a free-swimming marine coelenterate that is the sexually reproducing form of a hydrozoan or scyphozoan and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
JELLYFISH — Any of about 200 described species of free-swimming marine cnidarian s (in the classes Scyphozoa and Cubozoa), many of which …
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TROPHOZOOID — -ōˌȯid noun Etymology: troph- + zooid 1. : an imperfect zooid or individual of the sexual generation of some free-swimming …
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STROBILA — strəˈbīlə noun ( plural strobi·lae -īˌlē) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek strobilē plug of lint twisted so as to resemble …
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SCYPHULA — ˈsīfyələ, ˈsif- noun ( plural scyphu·lae -ˌlē) Etymology: New Latin, from scyph- + -ula 1. : scyphistoma 2. : a …
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PURPLE-STRIPED JELLYFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌstrīpt- noun : any of several large scyphozoan jellyfishes (genus Pelagia ) with the umbrella more or less striped and …
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PHACELLA
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MUSHROOM JELLYFISH — noun : a nearly globular brownish scyphozoan jellyfish ( Stomolophus meleagris ) having a greatly reduced mouth and often occurring …
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LUCERNARIA — ˌlüsərˈna(a)rēə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin lucerna lamp + New Latin -aria : a widely distributed genus …
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FIRE MEDUSA — noun : a scyphozoan jellyfish (genus Chiropsalmus ) of the tropical Pacific ocean having a severe sting that may cause …
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EPHYRA — ˈefərə noun ( plural eph·y·rae -ˌrē ; or ephyras ) Etymology: New Latin, from Ephyra, a nymph, from Latin, from …
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DACTYLOM ETRA — -ˈlämətrə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from dactyl- + -metra (from Greek metron measure) — more at measure : …
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CYANEA — sīˈanēə, -ān- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, feminine of cyaneus dark blue, from Greek kyaneos, from kyanos …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA WASP — Date: 1910 : any of various cube-shaped scyphozoan jellyfishes (order or suborder Cubomedusae) that sting virulently and sometimes fatally — …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SCYPHISTOMA — noun ( plural scy·phis·to·mae -(ˌ)mē ; also -mas ) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin scyphus cup + Greek stoma mouth …
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JELLYFISH — noun Date: 1841 1. a. : a free-swimming marine coelenterate that is the sexually reproducing form of a hydrozoan or …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SEA WASP — [sea wasp] n (1910): any of various scyphozoan jellyfishes (order or suborder Cubomedusae) that sting virulently and sometimes fatally
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SCYPHISTOMA — [scy.phis.to.ma] n, pl -mae also -mas [NL, fr. L scyphus cup + Gk stoma mouth--more at stomach] (1878): a sexually …
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JELLYFISH — [jel.ly.fish] n (1841) 1 a: a free-swimming marine coelenterate that is the sexually reproducing form of a hydrozoan or scyphozoan …
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JURASSIC PERIOD — Table 4: Geologic time scale. To see more information about a period, select one from the chart. second of three …
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