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Meaning Of Siphonophora
n. pl.
An order of pelagic Hydrozoa including species
which form complex free-swimming communities composed of numerous
zooids of various kinds, some of which act as floats or as swimming
organs, others as feeding or nutritive zooids, and others as
reproductive zooids. See Illust. under Physallia, and Porpita.