pneumatophore (English, noun)
expansion: pneumatophore (plural pneumatophores)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A gas-filled sac or float of some colonial marine coelenterates, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An aerial root, in mangroves etc., specialized for gaseous exchange.
glosses: 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.
Forms:
form: pneumatophores
tags: plural