Crossword-Solution: PYROSOMA
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AEAR
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with PYROSOMA (5)
And thus, apologising to Hooker for his absence, he writes (August 2, 1860):--] I was sorry to have to send an excuse by Tyndall the other day, but I found I must finish the Pyrosoma paper, and all last Tuesday was devoted to it, and I fear the next after will have the like fate.
Sometimes they are seen adhering together in such prodigious numbers that the ocean appears as if covered with an enormous mass of shining phosphorus or molten lava." Professor Moseley investigated the Pyrosoma while with the Challenger expedition.
When a Pyrosoma is stimulated by having its surface touched, the phosphorescent light breaks out just at the spot stimulated, and then spreads over the surface of the colony to the surrounding animals.
But Mr Huxley shews, by observation and experiment on _Salpa_ and _Pyrosoma_, that each has independent powers of reproduction, and his facts are conclusive against the theory of 'alternation of generations.' The two generations, as now appears, are not of distinct individuals, but are both required to make a complete individual.
Thus, for example, they found the abode of _Pyrosoma Atlantica_ to be confined to one particular region of the Atlantic Ocean.[925] Let us now inquire how the transportation of zoophytes from one part of the globe to another is effected.