scy|pho|zo|an

scy|pho|zo|an
scy|pho|zo|an «sy fuh ZOH uhn», noun, adjective.
–n.
any one of a class of marine coelenterates, including many of the large jellyfishes, having a bell-shaped, gelatinous body and long, trailing tentacles, and lacking a true polyp stage.
–adj.
of or belonging to the scyphozoans.
[< New Latin scyphus (see etym. under scyphus) (Cf.scyphus) + Greek zôion animal + English -an]

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