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Colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
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hydroid
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hydroid \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.
Wikipedia
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Hydroid may refer to: Hydroid (zoology) Hydroid (botany)
WordNet
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n. colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant [syn: hydrozoan ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to such creatures n. Any of many colonial coelenterates that exist mainly as a polyp; a hydrozoan
Usage examples of hydroid.
It was a hydroid, a development of that strange animal-vegetable that, sometimes almost microscopic, waves in the sea depths like a cluster of flowers paralyzing its prey with the mysterious force that dwells in its blossom heads!
Haast supposes, be a ground feeder, existing on the smaller hydroid zoophytes, otherwise it must, I think, turn on its side in seizing its prey.
Haast supposes, be a ground feeder, existing on the smaller hydroid zoophytes, otherwise it must, I think, turn on its side in seizing its prey.