nectosome

nectosome
n. [Gr. nektos, swimming; soma, body]
(CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa)
In Siphonophora, the part that bears the swimming bells.

Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. . 2005.

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  • nectosome — nec·to·some …   English syllables

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