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What (who) is Siphonophora - definition
Siphonophora
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Siphonophora (disambiguation)
·noun ·pl 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.
siphonophore
![[[Portuguese man o' war]] (''Physalia physalis'')](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portuguese Man-O-War (Physalia physalis).jpg?width=200 "[[Portuguese man o' war]] (''Physalia physalis'')")
ORDER OF HYDROZOANS
Siphonophore; Siphonophera; Siphonophores; Palpon
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¦ noun Zoology a colonial marine coelenterate of the order Siphonophora, having a float or swimming bell for drifting or swimming on the open sea, e.g. a Portuguese man-of-war.
Origin
from mod. L. Siphonophora, from Gk siphon 'tube' + pherein 'to bear'.
Siphonophore
ORDER OF HYDROZOANS
Siphonophore; Siphonophera; Siphonophores; Palpon
·noun One of the Siphonophora.
