Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

Scyphozoa

Pronunciation: /ˌsʌɪfəˈzəʊə, ˌskʌɪf-, ˌskɪf-/

Definition of Scyphozoa

noun

Zoology
  • a class of marine coelenterates which comprises the jellyfishes.

Derivatives

scyphozoan

noun & adjective

Origin:

modern Latin (plural), from Greek skuphos 'drinking cup' + Greek zōion 'animal'

Scyphozoa in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Scyphozoa in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

offing

/ ˈɒfɪŋ /
noun
the more distant part of the sea in view …