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scyphistoma

/saɪˈfɪstəmə/

scyphistoma noun: 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.

scyphistoma: an individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of...
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Noun

scyphistoma (plural scyphistomas or scyphistomata or scyphistomae)

  1. 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.

Forms of scyphistoma

pluralscyphistomas
pluralscyphistomata
pluralscyphistomae

Origin of scyphistoma

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Questions about scyphistoma

What does scyphistoma mean?
Scyphistoma means 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.
What part of speech is scyphistoma?
Scyphistoma is a noun.
How do you pronounce scyphistoma?
Scyphistoma is pronounced /saɪˈfɪstəmə/.
What is the plural of scyphistoma?
The plural of scyphistoma is scyphistomas.

Words near scyphistoma in the dictionary

  1. scyphate
  2. scyphates
  3. scyphi
  4. scyphiform
  5. scyphiphorous
  6. scyphistoma
  7. scyphistomae
  8. scyphistomas
  9. scyphistomata
  10. scyphocrinitid
  11. scyphoi

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