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单词 Siphonophora
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Siphonophora

/ˌsʌɪfəˈnɒf(ə)rə /
plural noun Zoology
An order of colonial marine coelenterates that includes the Portuguese man-of-war, having a float or swimming bell for drifting or swimming on the open sea.These creatures are probably relatives of the Siphonophora, an order of colonial cnidarians that includes the venomous ‘Portuguese man-o-war’....
  • Jones' last publication on the subject of marine life was on the morphology and relationships of the Siphonophora.
  • The Portuguese man-of-war is actually any of various invertebrate, jelly-like marine animals of the family Siphonophora.

Origin

Modern Latin (plural), from Greek siphōn 'tube' + pherein 'to bear'.

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