Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scyphistoma

/saɪˈfɪstəmə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scyphis-toma
IPA: /saɪˈfɪstəmə/

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of such cells, when it resembles a polyp and breeds asexually by strobilation.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σκύφος (skúphos, “cup”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: σκύφος

Inflected Forms

scyphistomas (plural) scyphistomata (plural) scyphistomae (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce scyphistoma?: The recorded pronunciation is /saɪˈfɪstəmə/.
What does scyphistoma mean?: An individual cell in a stage of the life cycle of a true jellyfish (class Scyphozoa), a colony of such cells, when it resembles a polyp and breeds asexually by strobilation.
Where does scyphistoma come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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