SCYPHOZOAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: scyphozoa   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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