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siphonophore definition

si·pho·no·phore (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

Etymology: < Gr siphōn, tube + -phore

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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