HyperDic: hydroid

English > 1 sense of the word hydroid:
NOUNanimalhydroid, hydrozoancolonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
English > hydroid: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcolonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant.
Synonymhydrozoan
Member ofHydrozoa, class Hydrozoacoelenterates typically having alternation of generations
Narrowerhydrasmall tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
planulaThe flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
sertularianFeathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps
siphonophoreA floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
Broadercoelenterate, cnidarianradially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures
Spanishhidrozoo
Catalanhidrozou

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