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syphonophore

syphonophore is the alternative form 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

Forms of syphonophore

pluralsyphonophores

Questions about syphonophore

What is syphonophore the alternative form of?
Syphonophore is the alternative form of siphonophore.

Words near syphonophore in the dictionary

  1. syphonal
  2. syphoned
  3. syphonic
  4. syphoning
  5. syphonings
  6. syphonophore
  7. syphonophores
  8. syphons
  9. Sypniewski
  10. Sypniewskis
  11. Sypolt

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