pneumatophore

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  1. noun A gas-filled sac serving as a float in some colonial marine hydrozoans, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
  2. noun Botany A specialized respiratory root structure in certain aquatic plants, such as the bald cypress.

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  1. from Gr.πνεῦμα (τ-), air, + -φόρος, from φέρειν = English bear. Cf. LGr. πνευματόφορος, borne by the wind, also inspired.
 

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