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单词 siphonophore
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Definition of siphonophore in English:

siphonophore

nounsʌɪˈfɒnəfɔːˈsīfənəˌfôr
Zoology
  • A colonial marine coelenterate of the order Siphonophora, such as a Portuguese man-of-war.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The siphonophores have achieved a degree of integration such that they are often regarded as solitary organisms in spite of their colonial organization.
    • Some siphonophores may reach lengths of over a meter and migrate up to 300 meters vertically in the water column in an hour.
    • Evolutionary developmental innovations important for colonial integration have evolved independently in many colonial hydrozoans, and are displayed both in Hydractinia and in more advanced forms of siphonophores.
    • Chondrophorines were once classified with another unusual group of hydrozoans, the siphonophores.
    • Complex, highly integrated colonies, such as siphonophores, display a well defined colony shape with determinate growth.
 
 

Definition of siphonophore in US English:

siphonophore

nounˈsīfənəˌfôr
Zoology
  • A colonial marine coelenterate of the order Siphonophora, such as a Portuguese man-of-war.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Complex, highly integrated colonies, such as siphonophores, display a well defined colony shape with determinate growth.
    • Some siphonophores may reach lengths of over a meter and migrate up to 300 meters vertically in the water column in an hour.
    • The siphonophores have achieved a degree of integration such that they are often regarded as solitary organisms in spite of their colonial organization.
    • Chondrophorines were once classified with another unusual group of hydrozoans, the siphonophores.
    • Evolutionary developmental innovations important for colonial integration have evolved independently in many colonial hydrozoans, and are displayed both in Hydractinia and in more advanced forms of siphonophores.
 
 
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