Scypha

Scypha
Scypha \Scy"pha\, n.; pl. {Scyphae}. [NL.] (Bot.) See {Scyphus}, 2 (b) . [1913 Webster]

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  • scypha — Scyphus Scy phus, n.; pl. {Scyphi}. [L., a cup, Gr. sky fos.] 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scypha — ▪ sponge genus also called  sycon,         genus of marine sponges of the class Calcarea (calcareous sponges), characterized by a fingerlike body shape known as the syconoid type of structure. In the syconoid sponges, each “finger,” known as a… …   Universalium

  • scypha — scy·pha …   English syllables

  • scypha — I. ˈsīfə noun (plural scyphae) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin scyphus cup : scyphus 2 II. noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • Scyphae — Scypha Scy pha, n.; pl. {Scyphae}. [NL.] (Bot.) See {Scyphus}, 2 (b) . [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sponge — spongeless, adj. spongelike, adj. spongingly, adv. /spunj/, n., v., sponged, sponging. n. 1. any aquatic, chiefly marine animal of the phylum Porifera, having a porous structure and usually a horny, siliceous or calcareous internal skeleton or… …   Universalium

  • Scyphi — Scyphus Scy phus, n.; pl. {Scyphi}. [L., a cup, Gr. sky fos.] 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scyphus — Scy phus, n.; pl. {Scyphi}. [L., a cup, Gr. sky fos.] 1. (Antiq.) A kind of large drinking cup, used by Greeks and Romans, esp. by poor folk. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) (a) The cup of a narcissus, or a similar appendage to the corolla in other… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Taxonomy of commonly fossilised invertebrates — Although the phylogenetic classification of sub vertebrate animals (both extinct and extant) remains a work in progress, the following taxonomy attempts to be useful by combining both traditional (old) and new (21st century) paleozoological… …   Wikipedia

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