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Webster 1913 Edition


Physophorae


Phy-soph′o-ræ

,
p
rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
φῦσα
a bellows +
φέρειν
to bear.]
(Zool.)
An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under
Nectocalyx
.