HyperDic: hydrozoa

English > 1 sense of the word Hydrozoa:
NOUNanimalHydrozoa, class Hydrozoacoelenterates typically having alternation of generations
English > Hydrozoa: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningcoelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes.
Synonymclass Hydrozoa
Member ofCnidaria, phylum Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Coelenteratahydras
MembersSertularia, genus Sertulariasessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies
Siphonophora, order Siphonophoramarine colonial hydrozoans
genus Hydrahydras
hydrozoan, hydroidcolonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
Broaderclass(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanishhidrozoos
CatalanHydrozoa

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