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Webster 1913 Edition


Calycozoa


Calˊy-co-zo′a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], cup or calyx a flower + [GREEK] animal.]
(Zool.)
A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See
Lucernarida
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