scypho-comb. form
representing Greek σκυϕο-, combining form of σκύϕος cup (see scyphus n.), chiefly in scientific terms: cf. scyphi- comb. form.
scyphogeny n.
Brit. 
/sʌɪˈfɒdʒᵻni/
, /sʌɪˈfɒdʒᵻni/U.S. /saɪˈfɑdʒəni/
[-geny comb. form] Botany production of ascidia./saɪˈfɑdʒəni/ΚΠ
1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms Scyphogeny.
scyphomancy n.
Brit. /ˈsʌɪfə(ʊ)mansi/
, /ˈsʌɪfə(ʊ)mansi/U.S. /ˈsaɪfəˌmænsi/
[-mancy comb. form] divination by means of a cup./ˈsaɪfəˌmænsi/Π
1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 293 The existence of a kind of scyphomancy, or divination with a cup, is supposed to be alluded to.
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Scyphomedusa n. /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːsə/, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːzə/, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːsə/, /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)usə/ [modern Latin] Zoology a group of Hydrozoa.
Brit. /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːzə/
, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːzə//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːsə//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːzə//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːsə/U.S. /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)uzə/
, /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)uzə//ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)usə/ scyphomedusan adj. /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːs(ə)n/, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːz(ə)n/, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːs(ə)n/, /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)us(ə)n/
Brit. /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːz(ə)n/
, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːz(ə)n//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːs(ə)n//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːz(ə)n//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːs(ə)n/U.S. /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)uz(ə)n/
, /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)uz(ə)n//ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)us(ə)n/ scyphomedusoid adj. /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːsɔɪd/, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːzɔɪd/, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːsɔɪd/, /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)uˌsɔɪd/ (Cent. Dict.).
Brit. /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːzɔɪd/
, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːzɔɪd//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdjuːsɔɪd//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːzɔɪd//ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)mᵻˈdʒuːsɔɪd/U.S. /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)uˌzɔɪd/
, /ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)uˌzɔɪd//ˌsaɪfoʊməˈd(j)uˌsɔɪd/Π
1881 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XII. 553/1 And now the ancestry took two distinct lines, which have given rise respectively to the two great groups into which the Hydrozoa are divisble—Scyphomedusæ and the Hydromedusæ.
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scyphophore n.
Brit. /ˈsʌɪfə(ʊ)fɔː/
, /ˈsʌɪfə(ʊ)fɔː/U.S. /ˈsaɪfəˌfɔr/
[ < modern Latin scyphophorus] Zoology a member of the Scyphophori, an order of physostomous fishes ( Cent. Dict.)./ˈsaɪfəˌfɔr/ scyphophorous adj.
Brit. /sʌɪˈfɒf(ə)rəs/
, /sʌɪˈfɒf(ə)rəs/U.S. /saɪˈfɑf(ə)rəs/
[-phorous comb. form] Botany = scyphiferous adj. at scyphi- comb. form ./saɪˈfɑf(ə)rəs/ΚΠ
1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-flora 64 Nigrescent and albo-guttate at the base, scyphophorous, scyphi proliferous.
scyphopolyp n.
Brit. /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)ˈpɒlɪp/
, /ˌsʌɪfə(ʊ)ˈpɒlɪp/U.S. /ˌsaɪfoʊˈpɑləp/
[polyp n.] a cup-shaped polyp; also attributive./ˌsaɪfoʊˈpɑləp/Π
1882 tr. E. Haeckel in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. IV. ii. p. xiii The Acraspedæ [originate] from Scyphopolyps by terminal gemmation.
1882 tr. E. Haeckel in Rep. Sci. Results Voy. H.M.S. Challenger: Zool. IV. ii. p. xiv Developed from the Scyphopolyp nurse.
scyphostoma n.
Brit. /sʌɪˈfɒstəmə/
, /sʌɪˈfɒstəmə/U.S. /saɪˈfɑstəmə/
[Greek στόμα mouth] Zoology a non-sexual hydroid form of the Hydrozoan Acraspeda (also called scyphistoma n. at scyphi- comb. form )./saɪˈfɑstəmə/ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > relating to jellyfish of class Scyphozoa > larval
scyphostoma1878
scyphistomous1889
scyphistomoid1902
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Scyphozoa > member of > larval
hydratuba1847
scyphistoma1870
scyphostoma1878
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 98 The Scyphostoma seems to be more highly organised than most of the Hydroid-Polyps.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 787 (note) Haeckel believes that the Tesseroniæ possess a Scyphostoma stage.
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