SIPHONOPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Siphonophora mean? 

• SIPHONOPHORA (noun)
  The noun SIPHONOPHORA has 1 sense:

1. marine colonial hydrozoans

  Familiarity information: SIPHONOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIPHONOPHORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine colonial hydrozoans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Siphonophora; Siphonophora

Hypernyms ("Siphonophora" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)