siphonophore

English

A Portuguese man-of-war, by far the most well-known siphonophore (sense 1), infamous for the potency of its venom.

Etymology

From siphono- +‎ -phore, likely from translingual Siphonophorae.

Pronunciation

• (Southern US) IPA^(key): /saɪˈfɑ.nəˌfo˞/

Noun

siphonophore (plural siphonophores)

1. 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

hydrozoan of the order Siphonophorae

• Finnish: uimapolyyppi (fi)
• French: siphonophore (fr) m
• Japanese: 管クラゲ (kudakurage)
• Russian: сифонофо́ра (ru) f (sifonofóra)
• Spanish: sifonóforo m

Further reading

• Siphonophorae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Siphonophorae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Siphonophorae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons