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The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.

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  1. n. The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa.
  2. n. One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
  3. (a) The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa. (b) One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.
  4. The cavity of a nectocalyx.
  5. n. The swimming bell or umbrella of a jellyfish of medusa. n. One of the zooids of certain Siphonophora, having somewhat the form, and the essential structure, of the bell of a jellyfish, and acting as a swimming organ.