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giant siphonophore

giant siphonophore noun: a species of gigantic siphonophore, Praya dubia, growing up to 50 m (160 ft) in length; it lives in the mesopelagic zone to bathypelagic zone at 700 m (2,300 ft) to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) below sea level and has been found off the coasts around the world, from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Chile in the South Pacific.

giant siphonophore: a species of gigantic siphonophore, Praya dubia, growing up to 50 m (160 ft) in length; it lives in...
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Noun

giant siphonophore (plural giant siphonophores)

  1. A species of gigantic siphonophore, Praya dubia, growing up to 50 m (160 ft) in length; it lives in the mesopelagic zone to bathypelagic zone at 700 m (2,300 ft) to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) below sea level and has been found off the coasts around the world, from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Chile in the South Pacific.

Forms of giant siphonophore

pluralgiant siphonophores

Questions about giant siphonophore

What does giant siphonophore mean?
Giant siphonophore means a species of gigantic siphonophore, Praya dubia, growing up to 50 m (160 ft) in length; it lives in the mesopelagic zone to bathypelagic zone at 700 m (2,300 ft) to 1,000 m (3,300 ft) below sea level and has been found off the coasts around the world, from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Chile in the South Pacific.
What part of speech is giant siphonophore?
Giant siphonophore is a noun.
What is the plural of giant siphonophore?
The plural of giant siphonophore is giant siphonophores.

Words near giant siphonophore in the dictionary

  1. giant salamanders
  2. giant sequoia
  3. giant sequoias
  4. giant set
  5. giant sets
  6. giant siphonophore
  7. giant siphonophores
  8. giant slalom
  9. giant slaloms
  10. giant snakehead
  11. giant snakeheads

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