Acraspeda

plural noun

Acras·​pe·​da

(ˈ)ā-ˈkra-spə-də

in former classifications

: a division of coelenterates comprising medusae lacking a swimming velum compare scyphozoa

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek akraspeda, neuter plural of akraspedos without fringes, from a- a- entry 2 + kraspedon edge, border

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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