- pneumatophore
- ['nju:mətəfɔ:]noun1》 Zoology the gas-filled float of some colonial coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.2》 Botany (in mangroves) an aerial root specialized for the exchange of gases.
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pneumatophore — [ pnømatɔfɔr ] n. m. • 1846; de pneumato et phore 1 ♦ Bot. Excroissance des racines de quelques arbres qui croissent dans l eau (palétuvier, etc.) permettant la respiration des racines. Les pneumatophores du cyprès chauve. 2 ♦ Zool. Appareil… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Pneumatophore — Pneu*mat o*phore, n. [Pneumato + Gr. fe rein to bear.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Pneumonophora. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pneumatophore — [no͞o′mə tō fôr΄, no͞o′mətəfôr΄; nyo͞o′mə tō fôr΄, nyo͞o′mə tə fôr΄; no͞o mat′ōfôr΄, no͞o mat′əfôr΄; nyo͞omə tō fôr΄, nyo͞omə tə fôr΄; nyo͞omə tō fôr΄, nyo͞omə tə fôr΄; nyo͞omat′ō fôr΄, nyo͞omat′ō fôr΄] n. 1. Bot. a porous, woody, specialized… … English World dictionary
Pneumatophore — Pneumatophores d’un Taxodium ascendens nutans (Cyprès des étangs) … Wikipédia en Français
pneumatophore — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1859 1. a muscular gas containing sac that serves as a float on a siphonophore colony 2. a usually partially exposed root of a wetland plant (as a mangrove) that functions especially in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pneumatophore — n. [Gr. pneuma, air; phoreus, bearer] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) In Siphonophora, a muscular organ that possesses a gas secreting gland and functions as an air sac float of a colony … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pneumatophore — pneumatophorous /nooh meuh tof euhr euhs, nyooh /, adj. /noo mat euh fawr , fohr , nyoo , nooh meuh teuh , nyooh /, n. 1. Bot. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a… … Universalium
pneumatophore — noun a) A gas filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man of war b) An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange … Wiktionary
pneumatophore — pneu·ma·to·phore … English syllables
pneumatophore — pneu•mat•o•phore [[t]nʊˈmæt əˌfɔr, ˌfoʊr, nyʊ [/t]] n. 1) bot a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ 2) zool. the air sac of a siphonophore, serving as a… … From formal English to slang
