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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydrophyllium


Hyˊdro-phyl′li-um

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Noun.
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pl. L.
Hydrophyllia
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Hydrophylliums
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[NL., fr. Gr.
ὕδωρ
water + [GREEK] a leaf.]
(Zool.)
One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora.

Definition 2024


hydrophyllium

hydrophyllium

English

Noun

hydrophyllium

  1. (zoology) One of the flat, leaf-like, protective zooids covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora.