Pneumatophore Definition

no͝o-mătə-fôr, nyo͝o-, no͝omə-tə-, nyo͝o-
noun
A polyp with a gas-filled cavity in siphonophore hydrozoans, serving as a float for the colony.
Webster's New World
A porous, woody, specialized branch growing upright into the air from the buried roots of certain swamp trees, as the mangrove, and providing access to the atmosphere.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pneumatophore

Noun

Singular:
pneumatophore
Plural:
pneumatophores

Origin of Pneumatophore

  • pneumato- +"Ž -phore

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Pneumatophore Sentence Examples

  • In cases where the cormus has no pneumatophore the topmost swimming bell may contain an oil-reservoir or oleocyst.

  • Never more than one pneumatophore is found in a cormus, and when present it is always situated at the highest point above the swimming bells, if these are present also.

  • In Velella the pneumatophore becomes of complex structure and sends air-tubes, lined by a chitin and resembling tracheae, down into the compact coenosarc, thus evidently serving a respiratory as well as a hydrostatic function.

  • Divergent views have been held as to the morphological significance of the pneumatophore.

  • Next the pit closes up to form a vesicle with a pore, and so gives rise to the pneumatophore.

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