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siphonophore

(sī′fə nə fôr′, sī fän′ə-)

noun

any of an order (Siphonophora) of small, transparent, often colored, swimming or floating sea hydrozoans composed of several kinds of polyps and including the Portuguese man-of-war

Origin: < Gr siphōn, tube + -phore

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noun

Any of various transparent, often subtly colored marine hydrozoans of the order Siphonophora, consisting of a floating or swimming colony of polyplike and medusalike individuals and including the Portuguese man-of-war.

Origin:

Origin: From New Latin Sīphōnophora, order name

Origin: : Greek sīphō, sīphōn-, tube

Origin: + Greek -phora

Origin: , neuter pl. of -phoros, -phore

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