scyphistoma

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/saɪˈfɪstəmə/

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.

OriginAncient Greek σκύφος →
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Meanings

nounscyphistoma (plural scyphistomas or scyphistomata or scyphistomae)

plural scyphistomas · plural scyphistomata · plural scyphistomae

  1. biologyAn 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.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekσκύφος“cup”
  2. Englishscyphistoma

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

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scyphistoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scyphistoma

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