SCYPHISTOMA


Meaning of SCYPHISTOMA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sī-ˈfis-tə-mə ]

noun

( plural scy·phis·to·mae -(ˌ)mē ; also -mas )

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin scyphus cup + Greek stoma mouth — more at stomach

Date: 1861

: a sexually produced scyphozoan larva that ultimately repeatedly constricts transversely to form free-swimming medusae

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