narcomedusann.adj.
/ˌnɑːkəʊmᵻˈdjuːzən/, /ˌnɑːkəʊmᵻˈdjuːsən/, /ˌnɑːkəʊmᵻˈdʒuːzən/, /ˌnɑːkəʊmᵻˈdʒuːsən/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑrkoʊməˈd(j)uz(ə)n/, /ˈˌnɑrkoʊməˈd(j)us(ə)n/ Zoology.
A. n.
A jellyfish of the suborder Narcomedusae.
ΚΠ
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 775 The coenosarc of a Siphonophoran is then comparable to the aboral stolon of the young Narcomedusan Cunina rhododactyla.
1950 Q. Rev. Biol. 25 295/1 The developmental history of the trachymedusans and narcomedusans..is given below in more detail.
1993 Limnol. & Oceanogr. 38 668/1 A[egina] citrea is an active narcomedusan living below 800 m and down to at least 1,500 m.
B. adj.
Of or relating to the suborder Narcomedusae.
ΚΠ
1950 Q. Rev. Biol. 25 303/2 Another narcomedusan larva..has been reported..to be parasitic in the cavity of parapodia of the pelagic polychaete Tomopteris nisseri.
1989 Jrnl. Marine Biol. Assoc. 69 785 Eleven species representing eight narcomedusan genera..were observed and collected in situ.
1995 Jrnl. Parasitol. 81 961/2 We inferred the whole 18S rDNA sequence..for a narcomedusan cnidarian, Polypodium hydriforme.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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