| / English Dictionary |
SCYPHOZOAN
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Irregular inflected form: scyphozoa
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scyphozoan" is a kind of...):
cnidarian; coelenterate (radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms)
Holonyms ("scyphozoan" is a member of...):
class Scyphozoa; Scyphozoa (coelenterates in which the polyp stage is absent or at least inconspicuous: jellyfishes)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
