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Webster 1913 Edition
Trachymedusae
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Traˊchy-me-du′sae
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr.Gr. [GREEK] rough +
medusa
.] (Zool.)
A division of acalephs in which the development is direct from the eggs, without a hydroid stage. Some of the species are parasitic on other medusae.
Definition 2024
Trachymedusae
Trachymedusae
See also: trachymedusae
Translingual
Proper noun
Trachymedusae
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Trachylinae.
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- (order): Geryoniidae, Halicreatidae, Petasidae, Ptychogastriidae, Rhopalonematidae - families