cubozoan
English edit
Etymology edit
From cubo(medusa) + -zoan, after class name Cubozoa.
Noun edit
cubozoan (plural cubozoans)
- (zoology) Any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish. [from 20th c.]
- 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35:
- Sume cubozoans have truly brutal venom in their stingers, strong enough to have killed large numbers of humans.
Translations edit
cnidarian of the class Cubozoa
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Adjective edit
cubozoan (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to these creatures.
Translations edit
of or pertaining to cubozoans
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