cubozoann.adj.

Brit.

/ˌkjuːbə(ʊ)ˈzəʊən/, U.S.

/ˌkjuboʊˈzoʊən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: cubomedusa n., -zoan comb. form.

Etymology: < cubo- (in cubomedusa n.) + -zoan comb. form, after scientific Latin Cubozoa, class name (B. Werner 1975, in Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 27 461).

Zoology.

A. n.

A member of the cnidarian class Cubozoa, which comprises the box jellyfishes; a box jellyfish. Cf. cubomedusa n.

ΚΠ

1984 BioScience 34 330/3 Recent discoveries and revisions are certainly far from neglected, as seen by..the separation of cubozoans as a coelenterate class.

1995 C. Nielsen Animal Evol. viii. 54 Many cubozoans, scyphozoans and hydrozoans have life cycles comprising both polyp and medusa stages.

2003 New Scientist 8 Nov. 37/2 Box jellyfish get their name from the cuboid shape of their bodies. Taxonomists call them ‘cubozoans’.

B. adj.

Belonging to or characteristic of the class Cubozoa. Cf. cubomedusan adj.

ΚΠ

1988 C. J. P. Grimmelikhuijzen et al. in M. C. Thorndyke & G. J. Goldsworthy Neurohormones in Invertebr. iii. 199 Circular tracts, or nerve rings, have been found in the bell margin of hydrozoan medusae..and at the base of the hypostome in some hydrozoan and cubozoan polyps.

2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life i. iv. 70 A soft-bodied creature called Kimberella, which left impressions in Precambrian mud, used to be described as a cubozoan jellyfish.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cubozoan
释义	cubozoann.adj. Brit. /ˌkjuːbə(ʊ)ˈzəʊən/, U.S. /ˌkjuboʊˈzoʊən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: cubomedusa n., -zoan comb. form. Etymology: < cubo- (in cubomedusa n.) + -zoan comb. form, after scientific Latin Cubozoa, class name (B. Werner 1975, in Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen 27 461). Zoology. A. n. A member of the cnidarian class Cubozoa, which comprises the box jellyfishes; a box jellyfish. Cf. cubomedusa n. ΚΠ 1984 BioScience 34 330/3 Recent discoveries and revisions are certainly far from neglected, as seen by..the separation of cubozoans as a coelenterate class. 1995 C. Nielsen Animal Evol. viii. 54 Many cubozoans, scyphozoans and hydrozoans have life cycles comprising both polyp and medusa stages. 2003 New Scientist 8 Nov. 37/2 Box jellyfish get their name from the cuboid shape of their bodies. Taxonomists call them ‘cubozoans’. B. adj. Belonging to or characteristic of the class Cubozoa. Cf. cubomedusan adj. ΚΠ 1988 C. J. P. Grimmelikhuijzen et al. in M. C. Thorndyke & G. J. Goldsworthy Neurohormones in Invertebr. iii. 199 Circular tracts, or nerve rings, have been found in the bell margin of hydrozoan medusae..and at the base of the hypostome in some hydrozoan and cubozoan polyps. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life i. iv. 70 A soft-bodied creature called Kimberella, which left impressions in Precambrian mud, used to be described as a cubozoan jellyfish. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1984
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