Physophoridae
Zoology
noun
(Treated as plural) a family of siphonophores including the genus Physophora (usually comprising only that genus).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From scientific Latin Physophoridae; not fully naturalized in English.
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