siphonophore
(noun) a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
Source: WordNet® 3.1
siphonophore (plural siphonophores)
(zoology) Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
Source: Wiktionary
Si*phon"o*phore, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Siphonophora.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 October 2024
(noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium; “Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
