hydrophyllium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the flat, leaf-like, protective zooids covering other zooids of certain Siphonophorae.

Word forms

hydrophyllium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + φύλλιον (phúllion), diminutive of φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

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