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noun
A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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noun
An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
An apparatus consisting of a bag with a tube and mouthpiece, which may be attached to the body. The bag contains oxygen to be breathed by the wearer in rescue work in mines, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: root
History
From pneumato- + -phore.
