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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An order of the class Hydrozoa and subclass Scyphomedusæ, including the discophorous hydrozoans, or Discophora in a strict sense, as those acalephs commonly called jelly-fishes: so called from the large umbrella-like disk which these organisms possess.
  • Same as Octomeralia.

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