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siphonophora


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Siphonophora  \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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Siphonophora 
  n  :  marine  colonial  hydrozoans  [syn:  {Siphonophora},  {order 
  Siphonophora}] 




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