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Webster 1913 Edition


Trachymedusae

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Traˊchy-me-du′sae

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr.Gr. [GREEK] rough +
medusa
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(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.