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Siphonophora

Siphonophora Meaning & Definition
Siphonophora Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Siphonophora?

[n] marine colonial hydrozoans

Synonyms | Synonyms for Siphonophora: order Siphonophora

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See Also | animal order | class Hydrozoa | genus Nanomia | genus Physalia | Hydrozoa | Physalia | siphonophore

Siphonophora In Webster's Dictionary

\Si`pho*noph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? a siphon + ???? to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under {Physallia}, and {Porpita}.

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