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English
Etymology
From cubo(medusa) + -zoan, after class name Cubozoa.
Noun
cubozoan (plural cubozoans)
- (zoology) Any cnidarian of the class Cubozoa, including the cubomedusae; a box jellyfish.
2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 35:Sume cubozoans have truly brutal venom in their stingers, strong enough to have killed large numbers of humans.
Translations
cnidarian of the class Cubozoa
Adjective
cubozoan (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to these creatures.
Translations
of or pertaining to cubozoans