Definition of Apolemia

1. Noun. Large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long.

Generic synonyms: Siphonophore

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apolemia

apograph
apographs
apoherm
apoherms
apohyal
apoinducer
apoinducers
apoise
apokoinou
apolar
apolar bond
apolar cell
apolar interaction
apolaustic
apolemia (current term)
apolipoprotein
apolipoprotein A-I
apolipoprotein A-II
apolipoprotein A-IV
apolipoprotein B
apolipoprotein B-100
apolipoprotein B-48
apolipoprotein C-I
apolipoprotein C-II
apolipoprotein C-III
apolipoprotein D
apolipoprotein E
apolipoprotein N-acyltransferase
apolipoproteins

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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