siphonophore

English

Etymology

From siphono- +‎ -phore.

Noun

siphonophore (plural siphonophores)

Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
- 2017 October 24, Derek J Skillings, “Life is not easily bounded”, in Aeon‎:
  Is an individual hydra polyp analogous to an entire siphonophore colony – or is it more like a member of that colony?

Translations

hydrozoan of the order Siphonophorae

Finnish: uimapolyyppi
Japanese: 管クラゲ (kudakurage)
Spanish: sifonóforo m

Further reading

Siphonophorae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Siphonophorae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Siphonophorae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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