hydrophyllium

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What does hydrophyllium mean?

One of the flat, leaf-like, protective zooids covering other zooids of certain Siphonophorae.

Where does hydrophyllium come from?

From Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + φύλλιον (phúllion), diminutive of φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

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