SCYPHOZOA

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Meaning:

Coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes

Synonyms:

class Scyphozoa; Scyphozoa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Scyphozoa" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Scyphozoa"):

scyphozoan (any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle)

Chrysaora; genus Chrysaora (a genus of Scyphozoa)

Holonyms ("Scyphozoa" is a member of...):

Cnidaria; Coelenterata; phylum Cnidaria; phylum Coelenterata (hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals)