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Scyphate

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• Scyphi-

  1. a combining form representing scyphus, in compound words: scyphiform.

• Scyphiform

  adjective, Botany. 1. shaped like a cup or goblet. adjective 1. shaped like a cup or goblet: a scyphiform cell

• Scyphistoma

  noun, plural scyphistomae [sahy-fis-tuh-mee] /saɪˈfɪs təˌmi/ (Show IPA), scyphistomas. 1. a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas. noun (pl) -mae (-ˌmiː), -mas 1. a sessile hydra-like individual representing the polyp stage of scyphozoans. It produces forms which […]

• Scyphoid

  scyphoid scy·phoid (sī’foid’) adj. Having the shape of a cup.

• Scyphozoan

  noun 1. any coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa, comprising the true marine jellyfishes. adjective 2. belonging or pertaining to the scyphozoans. noun 1. any marine medusoid coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa; a jellyfish adjective 2. of, relating to, or belonging to the Scyphozoa

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