scyphozoan
noun
scy·pho·zo·an ˌsī-fə-ˈzō-ən 
: any of a class (Scyphozoa) of cnidarians (such as the sea nettle) that possess a large, conspicuous, sexually-reproducing medusa typically lacking a velum and a very small, usually funnel-shaped, asexually-reproducing polyp
scyphozoan adjective
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Scyphozoa, from Latin scyphus + New Latin -zoa
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
- give (someone) the bird
- give (someone) the chop
- give (someone) the elbow
- give (someone) the eye
- give (someone) the finger
- give (someone) the hook
- give (someone) the pink slip
- give (someone) the push
- give (someone) the runaround
- give (someone) the sack
- give (someone) the shirt off one's back
- give (someone) the shivers
- give (someone) the slip
- give (someone) the time of day
- give (someone) to understand
- give (someone) up for lost
- give (something) a fling
- give (something) a jerk
- give (something) a miss
- give (something) a rest
- give (something) a second look
- give (something) a shot
- give (something) a whirl
- give (something) new life
- give (something) up as a bad job