nanomia

nanomia
noun
small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey
Hypernyms: ↑siphonophore
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Nanomia

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