narcomedusa

English

Noun

narcomedusa (plural narcomedusae)

1. (zoology) Any of the Narcomedusae, an order of hydrozoans in the subclass Trachylinae.
   • 2016, Lisa-Ann Gershwin, “Battering ram jellies”, in Jellyfish: A Natural History, page 84:

     Some narcomedusae develop as parasitic stolons in or on other jellyfish species; young medusae are budded from these stolons.

Related terms

• narcomedusan

Anagrams

• macradenous