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hydroid

Pronunciation:  'hIdroyd

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Matching Terms:  hydroidea, hydroiodic acid

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
 
 Synonyms: hydrozoan
 
 See Also: class Hydrozoa, cnidarian, coelenterate, hydra, Hydrozoa, planula, sertularian, siphonophore

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Hy"droid\, a. [Hydra + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the
Hydroidea. -- n. One of the Hydroideas.

 

 

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