cubozoan

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Etymology[edit]

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

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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.

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Adjective[edit]

cubozoan (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to these creatures.

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