- Pneumatophore
- Pneumatophore Pneu*mat"o*phore, n. [Pneumato- + Gr. fe`rein to bear.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Pneumonophora. [1913 Webster]
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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 — [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 — [ nju:mətəfɔ:] noun 1》 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 … English new terms dictionary
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
