siphonophore

Etymology

From siphono- + -phore.

noun

  1. (zoology) Any of various 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? 24 October 2017, Derek J Skillings, “Life is not easily bounded”, in Aeon

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