scyphi-
(ˈsaɪfɪ)
combining form of L. scyphus cup (see scyphus), used in scientific terms, chiefly Bot. and Zool. (Properly, this form should be used only for compounds with Latin words, and scypho- for those with Greek words; but this rule has often been neglected.) scyphiferous (saɪˈfɪfərəs) a. [-ferous] Bot., bearing a scyphus; = scyphophorous. ˈscyphiform (-fɔːm) a. [-form], (a) Bot., resembling a scyphus in shape; (b) Zool., ‘boat-shaped, scaphoid’ (Cent. Dict.). scyˈphiphorous (-fərəs) a. Bot. = scyphophorous, scyphiferous. ‖ scyˈphistoma Zool. = scyphostoma; hence scyˈphistomoid a., of or belonging to a scyphistoma (in quot. absol.); scyˈphistomous a. (Cent. Dict.).
| 1871 W. A. Leighton Lichen-Flora 57 Podetia from disk of laciniæ,..*scyphiferous. |
| Ibid. 2 Apothecia biatorine on *scyphiform or simple podetia. |
| 1879 Ibid. (ed. 3) 521 *Scyphiphorous. |
| 1870 H. A. Nicholson Man. Zool. (1875) 122 The *Scyphistoma assumes the aspect of a pile of saucers, arranged one upon another with their concave surfaces upward. |
| 1902 G. H. Fowler in Encycl. Brit. XXVII. 131 The non-sexual *scyphistomoid (corresponding to the hydroid) alternating with the medusoid. |
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scyphistoma: hence
scyphiˈstomal a., pertaining to or consisting of a scyphistoma.
| 1959 W. Andrew Textbk. Compar. Histol. xii. 463 Cassiopeia constricts off ciliated buds from the *scyphistomal stalk. 1977 J. Cohen Reproduction x. 188 Most coelenterate medusae have a polyp stage (or a scyphistomal equivalent) on the sea-bed. |