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si·phon·o·phore
(sī-fŏn′ə-fôr′, sī′fə-nə-)n.
Any of various transparent, often subtly colored marine hydrozoans of the order Siphonophora, consisting of a delicate floating or swimming colony of specialized zooids and including the Portuguese man-of-war.
[From New Latin Sīphōnophora, order name : Greek sīphō, tube + Greek -phora, neuter pl. of -phoros, -phore.]
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siphonophore
(ˈsaɪfənəˌfɔː; saɪˈfɒnə-)n
(Animals) any marine colonial hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, including the Portuguese man-of-war
[C19: from New Latin siphonophora, from Greek siphōnophoros tube-bearing]
siphonophorous adj
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si•pho•no•phore
(ˈsaɪ fə nəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr, saɪˈfɒn ə-)n.
a floating or swimming marine hydrozoan, of the order Siphonophora, that is composed of polyps.
[1835–45; < New Latin Siphonophora < Greek, neuter pl. of siphōnophóros tube-carrying]
si`pho•noph′o•rous (-ˈnɒf ər əs) adj.
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Noun | 1. | siphonophore - a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored order Siphonophora, Siphonophora - marine colonial hydrozoans nanomia - small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey jellyfish, Portuguese man-of-war, man-of-war - large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles praya - colonial siphonophore of up to 130 ft long apolemia - large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long |
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