scypho-
(ˈsaɪfəʊ, saɪˈfɒ)
representing Gr. σκυϕο-, combining form of σκύϕος cup (see scyphus), chiefly in scientific terms: cf. scyphi-. scyˈphogeny (-dʒɪnɪ) [-geny], Bot., production of ascidia. ˈscyphomancy (-ˌmænsɪ) [-mancy], divination by means of a cup. ‖ ˌScyphomeˈdusa [mod.L.] Zool., a group of Hydrozoa; hence scyphomeˈdusan, -meˈdusoid adjs. (Cent. Dict.). ˈscyphophore (-fɔə(r)) [ad. mod.L. scyphophor-us] Zool., a member of the Scyphophori, an order of physostomous fishes (Cent. Dict.). scyˈphophorous (-fərəs) a. [-phorous] Bot. = scyphiferous. scyphopolyp (-ˈpɒlɪp) [polyp], a cup-shaped polyp; also attrib. scyˈphostoma [Gr. στόµα mouth] Zool., a non-sexual hydroid form of the Hydrozoan Acraspeda (also called scyphistoma).
| 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms, *Scyphogeny. |
| 1855 Smedley Occult Sci. 293 The existence of a kind of *scyphomancy, or divination with a cup, is supposed to be alluded to. |
| 1881 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XII. 553/1 And now the ancestry took two distinct lines, which have given rise respectively to the two great groups into which the Hydrozoa are divisble—*Scyphomedusæ and the Hydromedusæ. |
| 1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-Flora 64 Nigrescent and albo-guttate at the base, *scyphophorous, scyphi proliferous. |
| 1882 tr. Haeckel in Challenger Rep., Zool. IV. ii. p. xiii, The Acraspedæ [originate] from *Scyphopolyps by terminal gemmation. Ibid. p. xiv, Developed from the Scyphopolyp nurse. |
| 1878 Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 98 The *Scyphostoma seems to be more highly organised than most of the Hydroid-Polyps. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 787 note, Haeckel believes that the Tesseroniæ possess a Scyphostoma stage. |