Definition of Gimnophthalmata

Definition of Gimnophthalmata

||Gym`noph*thal"ma*ta (- n&obreve;f*thăl"m&adot;*t&adot;), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + 'ofqalmo`s the eye.] (Zoöl.) A group of acalephs, including the naked-eyed medusæ; the hydromedusæ. Most of them are known to be the free-swimming progeny (gonophores) of hydroids.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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