scypho-|ˈsaɪfəʊ, saɪˈfɒ|representing Gr. σκυϕο-, combining form of σκύϕος cup (see scyphus), chiefly in scientific terms: cf. scyphi-. scyˈphogeny|-dʒɪnɪ|[-geny], Bot., production of ascidia. ˈscyphomancy|-ˌmænsɪ|[-mancy], divination by means of a cup. ‖ ˌScyphomeˈdusa[mod.L.]Zool., a group of Hydrozoa; hence scyphomeˈdusan, -meˈdusoidadjs. (Cent.Dict.). ˈscyphophore|-fɔə(r)|[ad.mod.L. scyphophor-us]Zool., a member of the Scyphophori, an order of physostomous fishes (Cent.Dict.). scyˈphophorous|-fərəs|a.[-phorous]Bot.= scyphiferous. scyphopolyp|-ˈpɒlɪp|[polyp], a cup-shaped polyp; also attrib.scyˈphostoma[Gr. στόµα mouth]Zool., a non-sexual hydroid form of the Hydrozoan Acraspeda (also called scyphistoma).1900B. D. Jackson Gloss.Bot. Terms, *Scyphogeny.1855Smedley Occult Sci. 293 The existence of a kind of *scyphomancy, or divination with a cup, is supposed to be alluded to.1881E. R. Lankester in Encycl.Brit. XII. 553/1 And now the ancestry took two distinct lines, which have given rise respectively to the two great groups into which the Hydrozoa are divisble—*Scyphomedusæ and the Hydromedusæ.1871W. A. Leighton Lichen-Flora 64 Nigrescent and albo-guttate at the base, *scyphophorous, scyphi proliferous.1882tr.Haeckel in Challenger Rep., Zool. IV. ii. p. xiii, The Acraspedæ [originate] from *Scyphopolyps by terminal gemmation.Ibid. p. xiv, Developed from the Scyphopolyp nurse.1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp.Anat. 98 The *Scyphostoma seems to be more highly organised than most of the Hydroid-Polyps.1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 787 note, Haeckel believes that the Tesseroniæ possess a Scyphostoma stage.
scypho-/ˈsʌɪfəʊ, ˈskʌɪfəʊ, ˈskɪfəʊ/combining form of Greek skuphos cup: see -o-. Cf. scyphi-.