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• noun (Context 1)

A highly specialized, bell-shaped medusoid zooid found in siphonophores (a type of colonial marine organism) that functions to propel the entire colony through the water by means of rhythmic muscular contractions.

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"By rhythmically pulsing its translucent nectophore, the delicate siphonophore efficiently navigates the open ocean currents."

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