the muscular and concave underside of the umbrella of a jellyfish
subumbrella in American English
(ˌsʌbʌmˈbrɛlə)
noun
Zoology
the concave lower, or oral, surface of a jellyfish
Word origin
sub- + umbrella
subumbrella in American English
(ˌsʌbʌmˈbrelə)
noun
Zoology
the concave undersurface of a coelenterate medusa, as a jellyfish
Derived forms
subumbrellar
adjective
Word origin
[1875–80; sub- + umbrella]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: massage, musical chairs, overdraft, pressure point, weekendersub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)
Examples of 'subumbrella' in a sentence
subumbrella
The most fungi were found in the inner tissues of subumbrella.
Yang Yue, Huahua Yu, Rongfeng Li, Ronge Xing, Song Liu, Pengcheng Li 2015, 'Exploring the Antibacterial and Antifungal Potential of Jellyfish-Associated MarineFungi by Cultivation-Dependent Approaches', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0144394. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The subumbrella volume was approximated based on the exumbrella kinematics and was found to increase during contraction.
Alex A. Villanueva, Shashank Priya 2014, 'Cyanea capillata Bell Kinematics Analysis through Corrected In Situ Imaging and ModelingUsing Strategic Discretization Techniques', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0115220. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)