Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Siphonophora"
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) 1.7 (wn)
Siphonophora
n : marine colonial hydrozoans [syn: {Siphonophora}, {order
Siphonophora}]
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