Acraspeda
plural noun
Acras·pe·da
(ˈ)ā-ˈkra-spə-də
in former classifications
: a division of coelenterates comprising medusae lacking a swimming velum compare scyphozoa
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek akraspeda, neuter plural of akraspedos without fringes, from a- a- entry 2 + kraspedon edge, border
First Known Use
1861, in the meaning defined above