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Definition of Apolemia
1. Noun. Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apolemia
Literary usage of Apolemia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Molecular and Microscopic Science by Mary Somerville (1869)
"The apolemia contorta (fig. 119) unites the most graceful form to the utmost
transparency and delicacy of tissue. It has a double float, the first small and ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1881)
"This genus is called apolemia, and is known to the Italian fishermen, ... I4.1 The
main difference between apolemia and Agalma lies in the fact, ..."
3. Forms of Animal Life: A Manual of Comparative Anatomy : with Descriptions of by George Rolleston, William Hatchett Jackson (1888)
"Segments bearing several groups of zooids are detached in apolemia, ... attains a
length of four feet, apolemia uvaria of twenty to thirty feet. ..."
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