scyphistoma

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, cup) + στόμα (stóma, mouth)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saɪˈfɪstəmə/

Noun

scyphistoma (plural scyphistomas or scyphistomata or scyphistomae)

  1. (zoology) 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.

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