ephyra

noun

eph·​y·​ra

ˈefərə

plural ephyrae

-ˌrē

or ephyras

: a free-swimming larva of a scyphozoan jellyfish formed by transverse fission of a scyphistoma and growing into a medusa compare strobila

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Ephyra, a nymph, from Latin, from Greek

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Rhymes for ephyra

• ira
• lyra
• spirogyra