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Porpita
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What's The Definition Of Porpita?Synonyms | Synonyms for Porpita: Related Terms | Find terms related to Porpita: See Also | Porpita In Webster's Dictionary \Por"pi*ta\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? brooch.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of bright-colored Siphonophora found floating in the
warmer parts of the ocean. The individuals are round and
disk-shaped, with a large zooid in the center of the under
side, surrounded by smaller nutritive and reproductive
zooids, and by slender dactylozooids near the margin. The
disk contains a central float, or pneumatocyst.
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