siphonophore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.

/saɪˈfɑ.nəˌfo˞/

siphonophore siphonophores

From siphono- + -phore, likely from translingual Siphonophorae.

siphonophoran

giant siphonophore siphonophorous

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