(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:55:59

Scy*phis"to*ma (?), n.; pl. Scyphistomata (#), Scyphistomae (#). [NL., fr. Gr. a cup + the mouth.] Zool.

The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.

 

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