NOUN | animal | nanomia | small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope |
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Meaning | small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey. | |
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Member of | genus Nanomia | A genus of Siphonophora |
Broader | siphonophore | A floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored |
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