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‖ Porpita Zool.|ˈpɔːpɪtə|
[mod.L., f. Gr. πόρπη buckle-pin, brooch.]
Name of a genus of Siphonophora: see quots. So porˈpitid, an animal of the family Porpitidæ; ˈporpitoid a., resembling this genus or family.
1842Brande Dict. Sc. etc., Porpita, the name of a genus of sea-nettles.., characterized by an internal circular flattened disk of a calcareous and horny texture. 1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 98 In Porpita, the disc remains flat and circular. 1883C. F. Holder in Harper's Mag. Dec. 107/1 Delicate shapes of ianthina, vellela, and porpita. |