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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cubozoan en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to these creatures.

Translations (1)

fi kuutiomeduusa- (of or pertaining to cubozoans)

cubozoan en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. Any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish.
    • Sume cubozoans have truly brutal venom in their stingers, strong enough to have killed large numbers of humans. 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35:

Forms

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cubozoans Number=Plur lexicographic
cubozoa Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi kuutiomeduusa (cnidarian of the class Cubozoa)