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scyphozoan

scy·pho·zo·an [ sfə zṓ ən ] (plural scy·pho·zo·ans)


noun 
Definition:
 
free-swimming marine invertebrate animal: a member of a class of marine invertebrate animals that are generally free-swimming and only sedentary when reproducing, especially a jellyfish

[Early 20th century. < modern Latin Scyphozoa< Greek skuphos "cup" + zōa "animals"]
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