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cubozoan

cubozoan noun: any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish.

Noun

cubozoan (plural cubozoa or cubozoans)

  1. Any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish.
    • Sume cubozoans have truly brutal venom in their stingers, strong enough to have killed large numbers of humans.2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35

Adjective

cubozoan (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to these creatures.

Forms of cubozoan

pluralcubozoa
pluralcubozoans

Origin of cubozoan

From cubo(medusa) + -zoan, after class name Cubozoa.

Questions about cubozoan

What does cubozoan mean?
Cubozoan means any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish.
What part of speech is cubozoan?
Cubozoan can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of cubozoan?
The plural of cubozoan is cubozoa.

Words near cubozoan in the dictionary

  1. cubopolyp
  2. cubopolyps
  3. cubosome
  4. cubosomes
  5. cubozoa
  6. cubozoan
  7. cubozoans
  8. cubs
  9. cubspace
  10. cubulate
  11. cubulated

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