siphonophore

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 < Gk siphonophór(os) tube-carrying (equiv. to siphono- SIPHONO- + -phóros -PHORE) + -a neut. pl. n. suffix]

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