SCYPHISTOMA


Meaning of SCYPHISTOMA in English

[scy.phis.to.ma] n, pl -mae also -mas [NL, fr. L scyphus cup + Gk stoma mouth--more at stomach] (1878): a sexually produced scyphozoan larva that ultimately repeatedly constricts transversely to form free-swimming medusae

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