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Meaning of "scyphozoan" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCYPHOZOAN

Via New Latin from Greek skuphos bowl + zōion animal.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCYPHOZOAN

scyphozoan  [ˌsaɪfəˈzəʊən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCYPHOZOAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scyphozoan can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCYPHOZOAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

scyphozoan

Scyphozoa

The Scyphozoa are a class within the phylum Cnidaria, sometimes referred to as the "true jellyfish". The class name Scyphozoa comes from the Greek word skyphos, denoting a kind of drinking cup and alluding to the cup shape of the organism. Scyphozoans range in geological time from the Ediacaran period through the recent.

Definition of scyphozoan in the English dictionary

The definition of scyphozoan in the dictionary is any marine medusoid coelenterate of the class Scyphozoa; a jellyfish. Other definition of scyphozoan is of, relating to, or belonging to the Scyphozoa.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCYPHOZOAN


actinozoan
ˌæktɪnəʊˈzəʊən
anthozoan
ˌænθəˈzəʊən
Baron-Cohen
ˌbærənˈkəʊən
Bowen
ˈbəʊən
bryozoan
ˌbraɪəˈzəʊən
Cohen
ˈkəʊən
entozoan
ˌɛntəˈzəʊən
epizoan
ˌepɪˈzəʊən
heliozoan
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈzəʊən
hydrozoan
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈzəʊən
mesozoan
ˌmesəʊˈzəʊən
metazoan
ˌmɛtəˈzəʊən
mycetozoan
maɪˌsiːtəʊˈzəʊən
parazoan
ˌpærəˈzəʊən
polyzoan
ˌpɒlɪˈzəʊən
protozoan
ˌprəʊtəˈzəʊən
rowan
ˈrəʊən
Samoan
səˈməʊən
spermatozoan
ˌspɜːmətəʊˈzəʊən
sporozoan
ˌspɔːrəˈzəʊən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCYPHOZOAN

scuzzball
scuzzier
scuzziest
scuzzy
scybalous
scybalum
scye
Scylla
scyphate
scyphi
scyphiform
scyphistoma
scyphistomae
scyphus
Scyros
scytale
scythe
scythelike
scytheman
scyther

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCYPHOZOAN

bank loan
blue roan
eoan
groan
home loan
interlibrary loan
Joan
jumbo loan
koan
loan
Minoan
moan
on loan
personal loan
red roan
roan
savings and loan
Sloan
student loan
Zoan

Synonyms and antonyms of scyphozoan in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «scyphozoan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCYPHOZOAN

Find out the translation of scyphozoan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scyphozoan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scyphozoan» in English.

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scyphozoan
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scyphozoan
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Translator English - French

scyphozoaire
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Scyphozoan
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scyphozoan
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scyphozoan
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scyphozoan
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Translator English - Tamil

scyphozoan
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75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Scyphozoan
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Translator English - Italian

Scyphozoan
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scyphozoan
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Translator English - Ukrainian

Scyphozoan
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Translator English - Greek

scyphozoan
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scyphozoan
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Translator English - Swedish

scyphozoan
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Translator English - Norwegian

scyphozoan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scyphozoan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCYPHOZOAN»

The term «scyphozoan» is used very little and occupies the 178.875 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCYPHOZOAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scyphozoan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCYPHOZOAN»

Discover the use of scyphozoan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scyphozoan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Settlement and Survival of the Scyphozoan Aurelia Sp. in ...
It has been suggested that increases in eutrophication and hypoxic events may influence outbreaks of jellyfish.
Mary-Elizabeth C. Miller, 2008
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Scyphozoan Jellies As Prey for Leatherback Sea Turtles Off ...
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Tanya R Graham, 2011
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Jellyfish Blooms: Causes, Consequences and Recent Advances: ...
Keith M. Bayha Æ William M. Graham The potential importance of podocysts to the formation of scyphozoan. DOI 10.1007/s10750-008-9590-y JELLYFISH BLOOMS Published online: 23 September 2008 Ó Springer Science+Business Media ...
Kylie A. Pitt, J. E. Purcell, 2009
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Advances in Marine Biology
It is not the intention to cover this again in this review, other than to illustrate the diversity of life cycles in scyphozoan jellyfish and summarise the key points. Illustrations of life cycles of several scyphozoans, including in some cases the duration ...
‎2012
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Issues in Ecosystem Ecology: 2013 Edition
According to news reporting out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, by VerticalNews editors, research stated, “Seasonal blooms of the scyphozoan jellyfish Aurelia sp. in the northern Gulf of Mexico broadly overlap with summer-fall hypoxia of the ...
‎2013
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A Functional Biology of Scyphozoa
Manchenko, G.P. and Zaslavskaya, N.I. (1980) Genetic variability of hexokinase and leucine aminopeptidase in the scyphozoan medusa Cyanea capillata. Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok), 6, 65-68. In Russian; English abstract. Mangum, C.P. ...
M.N. Arai, 1997
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Nitrogen in the Marine Environment
... Antarctic Taxa Mixed zooplankton >200 mm Catostylus mosaicus scyphozoan medusae Chrysaora quinquecirrha scyphozoan medusae and Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores Mnemiopsis leidyi ctenophores and mixed zooplankton >200 mm ...
Douglas G. Capone, Deborah A. Bronk, Margaret R. Mulholland, 2008
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The Medusae of the British Isles
Scyphomedusan, Krohn (1865, young scyphozoan); Delage & Herouard (1901); Krumbach (1925. larval coronate medusa); Komai (1939, close to Cubomedusae and Stauromedusae) ; Ralph (i960, coronate medusa). Between hydromedusa ...
F. S. Russell, 1970
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Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review
Mutualism has been reported, for example, in the case of the scyphozoan Nausitoë punctata and several horny sponges (Uriz et al. 1992b). Cacospongia scalaris, Dysidea avara and D. fragilis utilize the thecae of Nausitoë punctata as a ...
R. N. Gibson, R. J. A. Atkinson, J. D. M. Gordon, 2006
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Symbiosis: Mechanisms and Model Systems
Longer incubation times were necessary to detect the amino acid in the sponge cells and intracellular matrix. One species of sponge, Mycalefistulifera, is also known to form an association with a colonial scyphozoan, in which the association ...
Joseph Seckbach, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCYPHOZOAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scyphozoan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Presence of jellyfish hits sardine catch
The scientists recorded increased presence of various jellyfish species, including scyphozoan, lychnorhiza malayensis, netrostoma coerulescens (crown ... «Times of India, May 15»
2
Return of the pink meanies
(News-press.com) Everyone's favorite scyphozoan has returned to Southwest Florida. It's the massive jellyfish known as the pink meanie (also stinging ... «WTSP 10 News, Oct 14»
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Seeing past the jellyfish sting
... the term “jellyfish” applies just to the watery species in the stinging cnidarians, and she sometimes narrows even further to a subgroup called scyphozoans. «Science News, Aug 14»
4
India's first jellyfish lake discovered
Scyphozoan jellyfish stings range from a twinge to tingling to agony.[86] Most jellyfish stings are not deadly, but stings of some species of the class Cubozoa and ... «Times of India, Aug 14»
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Tai nạn khi đi du lịch biển
Lớp sứa phổ biến nhất là scyphozoan, nọc độc từ xúc tu của sứa có thể gây đau, ngứa, mẩn đỏ. Loài sứa có khoảng hơn 50 loài, mỗi con đều có các xúc tu, ... «VTC, May 14»
6
Scoperta nuova medusa | Mar Adriatico | specie aliena
Morfologicamente per questa medusa viene indicato l'ordine Scyphozoan Semaeostomeae, la famiglia Pelagiidae, genere Pelagia. Tuttavia i campioni ... «Ecoblog.it, May 14»
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MEDUZA este celebrată de ZIUA PAMANTULUI cu un GOOGLE …
Doar meduzele Scyphozoan sunt recoltate pentru a fi consumate, aproximativ 12 din cele 85 de specii recolate. Metodele traditionale de prelucrare implica ... «Realitatea, Apr 14»
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Leatherback logging in the Atlantic
Prey and temperature govern those choices of course, with gelatinous zooplankton and the large (Scyphozoan) jellyfish heavily influencing Dermatochelys. «The Earth Times, Mar 14»
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Arctic Biologist Shares Astonishing Sea Creatures With the World
“I think all the people in the world know how tigers and lions looks like, but only a few ever know about scyphozoan jellies – that they can grow up to 3 meters in ... «Wired News, Jul 12»
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Animals with Spark
The deep-sea scyphozoan jellyfish, Atolla wyvillei, as seen under white light. Photo: Edith A. Widder, Operation Deep Scope 2005 Exploration, NOAA-OE. «Audubon Magazine, Jun 12»

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