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Definition of Nanomia
1. Noun. Small creatures resembling pieces of fuzzy rope; each with a cluster of swimming bells serving as the head and long elastic tentacles for drawing in prey.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nanomia
Literary usage of Nanomia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seaside Studies in Natural History by Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, Alexander Agassiz (1871)
"Ira of our nanomia, ... the nanomia is not, as Siphonophores to be, a :c|pj|ta|f£.|^||ta
mere collection of organs ..."
2. Outlines of Comparative Anatomy and Medical Zoology by Harrison Allen (1869)
"It may be permanently asexual, as in nanomia, or possess power of developing into
... It may remain attached to hydroid, as in nanomia, or become detached, ..."
3. A Manual of Zoology by Richard Hertwig (1912)
"These are the cause of the nettling, which in many species is so FIG. 182.—American
siphonophores. A, nanomia cara (after A. Agassiz). ..."
4. Life Histories of Animals, Including Man: Or, Outlines of Comparative Embryology by Alpheus Spring Packard (1876)
"The further development of nanomia, a Siphonophore native to our northern shores,
... To use nearly his own words, the nanomia consists, when first formed, ..."
5. Life Histories of Animals, Including Man: Or, Outlines of Comparative Embryology by Alpheus Spring Packard (1876)
"The further development of nanomia, a Siphonophore native to our northern shores,
... To use nearly his own words, the nanomia consists, when first formed, ..."
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