Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SIPHONOPHORA
Si `pho *noph "o *ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.
SIPHONOPHORAN
SIPHONOPHORAN Si `pho *noph "o *ran, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Belonging to the Siphonophora. -- n.
Defn: One of the Siphonophora.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Siphonophora
Si pho noph o ra |ˌsīfəˈnäfərə ˌsaɪfəˈnɑfərə |Zoology an order of colonial marine coelenterates that includes the Portuguese man-of-war, having a float or swimming bell for drifting or swimming on the open sea. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek siphōn ‘tube ’ + pherein ‘to bear. ’
Oxford Dictionary
Siphonophora
Siphonophora |ˌsʌɪfəˈnɒf (ə )rə | ▶plural noun Zoology an order of colonial marine coelenterates that includes the Portuguese man-of-war, having a float or swimming bell for drifting or swimming on the open sea. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from Greek siphōn ‘tube ’ + pherein ‘to bear ’.
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