"scyphistoma" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /saɪˈfɪstəmə/ Forms: scyphistomas [plural], scyphistomata [plural], scyphistomae [plural]
Etymology: Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|σκύφος||cup}} Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|scyphistomata|scyphistomae}} 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. Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): True jellyfish

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