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Webster 1913 Edition
Scyphistoma
‖
Scy-phis′to-ma
,Noun.
pl.
Scyphistomata
(#)
, Scyphistomae
(#)
. [NL., fr. Gr.
σκύφοσ
a cup + στόμα
the mouth.] (Zool.)
The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.
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scyphistoma
scyphistoma
English
Noun
scyphistoma (plural scyphistomas or scyphistomae or scyphistomata)
- (zoology) The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.