PNEUMATOPHORE


Meaning of PNEUMATOPHORE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ nu̇-ˈma-tə-ˌfȯr, nyu̇- ]

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 the intake of oxygen from the atmosphere

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.