Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scyphophori \Scy*phoph"o*ri\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a cup + ?
   to bear.] (Zo["o]l.)
   An order of fresh-water fishes inhabiting tropical Africa.
   They have rudimentary electrical organs on each side of the
   tail.