Acalephae
(Redirected from acalephæ)
See also: acalephae
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀκαλήφη (akalḗphē, “stinging nettle”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Acalephae
- (obsolete) A taxonomic group within the phylum Coelenterata – including the medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; so called from the stinging power they possess.
Synonyms edit
- See Sea nettle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Acalepha
Further reading edit
- “acalephae”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Acalephae”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.