NOUN | animal | hydrozoan, hydroid | colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant |
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Meaning | colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant. | |
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Synonym | hydroid | |
Member of | Hydrozoa, class Hydrozoa | coelenterates typically having alternation of generations |
Narrower | hydra | small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp |
planula | The flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates | |
sertularian | Feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps | |
siphonophore | A floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored | |
Broader | coelenterate, cnidarian | radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures |
Spanish | hidrozoo | |
Catalan | hidrozou |
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