siphonophore

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Etymology[edit]

From siphono- +‎ -phore.

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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?

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