cubozoan

English

Etymology

From cubo(medusa) +‎ -zoan, after class name Cubozoa.

Noun

cubozoan (plural cubozoans)

1. (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

cnidarian of the class Cubozoa

• Finnish: kuutiomeduusa

Adjective

cubozoan (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to these creatures.

Translations

of or pertaining to cubozoans

• Finnish: kuutiomeduusa-