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siphonophores

siphonophores is the plural of siphonophore.

Meaning of siphonophore

Noun

siphonophore (plural siphonophores)

  1. Any transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
    • Is an individual hydra polyp analogous to an entire siphonophore colony – or is it more like a member of that colony?2017 October 24, Derek J Skillings, “Life is not easily bounded”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2018
    Synonyms:
    siphonophoran

Phrases with siphonophores

Questions about siphonophores

What is siphonophores the plural of?
Siphonophores is the plural of siphonophore.

Words near siphonophores in the dictionary

  1. siphonoglyphes
  2. siphonoglyphs
  3. siphonophoran
  4. siphonophorans
  5. siphonophore
  6. siphonophores
  7. siphonophorid
  8. siphonophoridan
  9. siphonophoridans
  10. siphonophorids
  11. siphonophorous

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