The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ephyra \Eph"y*ra\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, an old name of Corinth.] (Zo["o]l.) A stage in the development of discophorous medus[ae], when they first begin to swim about after being detached from the strobila. See Strobila. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. An immature medusoid stage of a scyphozoan jellyfish once it breaks off from its segmenting polyp.
Wikipedia
Ephyra may refer to:
- The ancient city of Cichyrus in Thesprotia, later known as Ephyra
- Ephyra, one of the Oceanids
- Ephyra, one of the Nereids
- Ephyra, a stage of the life cycle of jellyfish
- Efyra, a village and an archeological site in Elis, Greece
Usage examples of "ephyra".
The stone had made the province of Ephyra, despite her relatively small geographical size, one of the richest in the nation.
They plan to assassinate him on his return leg, supposing that he has gone out to get help from Sparta or to procure from Ephyra the deadly poison for his arrows that Athena had told him his father had got there.
Athena has placed him at Ephyra, later called Corinth, a trading city.
Odysseus went to Ephyra for the man-slaying drug with which to smear his bronze-tipped arrows.
Natasha of the House of Minaar, duchess of the province of Ephyra, looked down at the blue silk gown she was wearing and carefully smoothed out two of the unruly white ruffles she found at the hem.
Ilendium, her home and the capital city of the province of Ephyra, was located at the foot of the Tolenka Mountains to the north.
It was altogether true that, in terms of size, Ephyra was one of the lesser of the Eutracian duchies.
There was Natasha, the duchess of Ephyra, and her husband, Duke Baldric.
Tristan looked up to see Natasha, the duchess of Ephyra, following him.
There was Natasha, the duchess of Ephyra, and her husband, Duke Baldric.
Tristan looked up to see Natasha, the duchess of Ephyra, following him.
And his daughter, the one who saved Eutracia, is now Natasha, duchess of Ephyra.