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Siphonophora — noun marine colonial hydrozoans • Syn: ↑order Siphonophora • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrozoa, ↑class Hydrozoa • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Siphonophora — Si pho*noph o*ra, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? a siphon + fe rein to bear.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species which form complex free swimming communities composed of numerous zooids of various kinds, some of which act… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Hydrozoa — Taxobox name = Hydrozoa image width = 240px image caption = Closeup of a hydrozoan colony regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa phylum = Cnidaria subphylum = Medusozoa classis = Hydrozoa classis authority = Owen, 1843 subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
siphonophore — n. any usu. translucent marine hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, e.g. the Portuguese man of war. Etymology: Gk siphono (as SIPHON, PHORE) * * * noun a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored •… … Useful english dictionary
Leptolinae — NOTOC Taxobox name = Leptolinae image width = 200px image caption = Siphonophorae from Ernst Haeckel s 1904 Kunstformen der Natur regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa phylum = Cnidaria subphylum = Medusozoa classis = Hydrozoa subclassis =… … Wikipedia
cnidarian — /nuy dair ee euhn/, n. 1. any invertebrate animal, as a hydra, jellyfish, sea anemone, or coral, considered as belonging to the phylum Cnidaria, characterized by the specialized stinging structures in the tentacles surrounding the mouth; a… … Universalium
genus Nanomia — noun a genus of Siphonophora • Hypernyms: ↑coelenterate genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Siphonophora, ↑order Siphonophora • Member Meronyms: ↑nanomia … Useful english dictionary
siphonophore — siphonophorous /suy feuh nof euhr euhs/, adj. /suy feuh neuh fawr , fohr , suy fon euh /, n. any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps. [1835 45; < NL Siphonophora name of the order … Universalium
Portuguese Man o' War — This article is about the marine invertebrate. For other uses, see Man O War (disambiguation). Portuguese Man o War Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
