a. Zool. [f. Gr. type κρασπεδωτ-ός bordered, f. κράσπεδον (see prec.). Hence mod.L. Craspedota pl.] Applied to those Medusæ which have a velum or inturned border along the margin of the ‘bell.’
1888. Rolleston & Jackson, Anim. Life, 248. A Medusa with a velum is said to be Craspedote. Such Medusæ characterize the Craspedota, one of the two main subdivisions of the class Hydrozoa.
