siphonophore

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MBARI researchers speculate that Macropinna microstoma may eat animals that have been captured in the tentacles of jellies, such as this siphonophore in the genus Apolemia.

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  1. noun Any of various transparent, often subtly colored marine hydrozoans of the order Siphonophora, consisting of a floating or swimming colony of polyplike and medusalike individuals and including the Portuguese man-of-war.

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  • MBARI researchers speculate that Macropinna microstoma may eat animals that have been captured in the tentacles of jellies, such as this siphonophore in the genus Apolemia. —  Spero News
  • The "head" of the siphonophore (at right) pulls the animal through the water, its stinging tentacles streaming out like a living drift net. —  Spero News
  • The next quarter is spent finally going underwater with the assistance of an ROV (Remote Operated Vehicle, but not as fancy as the ROV's seen in James Cameron's "The Abyss") and finding a 50-yard long siphonophore more than 1500 feet below the surface. —  Home Theater Forum
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  1. From New Latin Sīphōnophora, order name : Greek sīphō, sīphōn-, tube + Greek -phora, neuter pl. of -phoros, -phore.

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  1. from New Latin Siphonophora.
 

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