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coelenterate vs scyphozoan

scyphozoan vs coelenterate

coelenterate and scyphozoan both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
coelenterate Yes No No No
scyphozoan Yes No No No
As nouns, scyphozoan is a hyponym of coelenterate; that is, scyphozoan is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than coelenterate:
  • coelenterate: radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
  • scyphozoan: any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle
Other hyponyms of coelenterate include polyp, medusa, medusan, medusoid, jellyfish, hydroid, hydrozoan, actinozoan, anthozoan.
coelenterate (noun) scyphozoan (noun)
radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of its life cycle
Difference between coelenterate and scyphozoan

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