scyphistomata

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scyphistomata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scyphistoma \Scy*phis"to*ma\, n.; pl. Scyphistomata,
     Scyphistomae. [NL., fr. Gr. sky`fos a cup + sto`ma the
     mouth.] (Zool.)
     The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it
     resembles a hydroid, or actinian.
     [1913 Webster]