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cubomedusan, n. and a. Zool.
Brit. |ˌkjuːbəʊmɪˈdjuːzən|, U.S. |ˌkjuboʊməˈd(j)uzən|[see also medusan adj. and n.]
[‹ Cubomedusae n. + -an suffix.]
A. n. A cubomedusa, a box jellyfish.
1889Cent. Dict. Cubomedusan, a jellyfish of the family Cubomedusae. 1968C. E. Lane in M. Florkin & B. T. Scheer Chem. Zool. II. ii. vi. 281 Several recent reports..amply document the ability of the cubomedusan Chironex fleckeri to kill man. 1993E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) v. 101/1 It is a primitive scyphozoan of quadrate form,..possibly related to the living cubomedusans.
B. adj. Belonging to to or characteristic of cubomedusae.
1889Cent. Dict. Cubomedusan, having the cuboid character of the Cubomedusae; of or pertaining to the acalephs. 1900Mem. Biol. Lab. Johns Hopkins Univ. 4 iv. 7 Dr. Conant further experimented by cutting off certain organs and parts from the Cubomedusan bell. 1978Science 27 Jan. 458/3 Cubomedusan eyes are so similar to the camera eyes of vertebrates and cephalopods that it would be surprising if studies..did not yield valuable perspective. 1998L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) iii. 221/2 The cubomedusan planula gives rise to a polyp; the polyp subdivides into additional polyps. |