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Definition: HYDROPHYLLIUM

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Hydrophyllium" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hydrophyllium \Hy`dro*phyl"li*um\, noun; plural Latin Hydrophyllia, English Hydrophylliums. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression "y`dwr water leaf.]. (references)

Definition: HYDROPHYLLIUM

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HYDROPHYLLIUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hydrophyllium \Hy`dro*phyl"li*um\, noun; plural Latin Hydrophyllia, English Hydrophylliums. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression "y`dwr water leaf.]. (references)