Diphyes

noun

Diph·​y·​es

ˈdifēˌēz

: a genus of oceanic hydrozoans of the order Siphonophora having two large swimming bells at the upper end of a stock that bears the polyps

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek diphyēs double

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