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ORDER SIPHONOPHORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine colonial hydrozoans
Synonyms:
order Siphonophora; Siphonophora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("order Siphonophora" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "order Siphonophora"):
siphonophore (a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored)
genus Nanomia (a genus of Siphonophora)
genus Physalia; Physalia (Portuguese man-of-war)
Holonyms ("order Siphonophora" is a member of...):
class Hydrozoa; Hydrozoa (coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes)
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