siphonophore
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
siphonophore (plural siphonophores)
- Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
- 2017 October 24, Derek J Skillings, “Life is not easily bounded”, in Aeon[1]:
- Is an individual hydra polyp analogous to an entire siphonophore colony – or is it more like a member of that colony?
Translations edit
hydrozoan of the order Siphonophorae
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Further reading edit
- Siphonophorae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Siphonophorae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Siphonophorae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons