Physophorae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Physophorae \Phy*soph"o*r[ae]\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. fy^sa
     a bellows + fe`rein to bear.] (Zool.)
     An order of Siphonophora, furnished with an air sac, or
     float, and a series of nectocalyces. See Illust. under
     {Nectocalyx}.
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