phyllozooid

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phyllozooid (noun; Greek phyllon, leaf; zoon, animal): (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) In Siphonophora, a thick, gelatinous leaf-like or helmet-shaped medusoid containing a simple or branched gastrovascular canal, protective in function; a hydrophyllium; a bract.