Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cubozoan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cubo-zoan
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish.

adj

Of or pertaining to these creatures.

Example Sentences

"Sume cubozoans have truly brutal venom in their stingers, strong enough to have killed large numbers of humans."

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Suffix: zoan

Inflected Forms

cubozoa (plural) cubozoans (plural)

Questions

What does cubozoan mean?: Any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish.
Where does cubozoan come from?: From cubo(medusa) + -zoan, after class name Cubozoa.

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