scyphistoma

(sī fis′tə mə)

the small, attached polyp stage of the scyphozoan jellyfishes, preceding the strobila stage

Origin: ModL < L scyphus, cup (see scyphus) + Gr stoma, mouth (see stoma)

See scyphistoma in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. scy·phis·to·mae (-mē) or scy·phis·to·mas

A larva of a scyphozoan, consisting of an elongated and deeply constricted polyp that successively splits off minute, free-swimming medusas.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin

Origin: : Greek skuphos, cup

Origin: + Greek stoma, mouth

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