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Hydroid

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hydrozoannounAny of many colonial coelenterates, of the class Hydrozoa, including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores.

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hydrozoannounAny of many colonial coelenterates, of the class Hydrozoa, including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores.
polypenounArchaic form of polyp. [(medicine) An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.]
zoophytesnoun(biology, historical) An animal thought to have the characteristics of a plant, later specifically an invertebrate of the (former) group Zoophyta, comprising sponges, corals and sea anemones.
hydropolypnounThe polyp of a hydrozoan
hydranthnoun(zoology) An individual polyp of a hydroid colony
polypnoun(medicine) An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
gastrozooidnounA feeding polyp in hydrozoan corals and siphonophores
polypifernoun(biology) Any colonial organism, such as coral, formed from polyps
polypitenoun(rare) An individual polyp of a colonial cnidarian
hydrosomenoun(biology) A colony of hydrozoans considered as a single organism
hydrophytonnoun(biology) A branched structure that supports the zooids in colonial hydrozoa.
polypiariannoun(obsolete) Of or pertaining to the hydroid cnidarians of class Polypiaria.
siphonophorenounAny transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
hydrosomanoun(biology) The entire organism of any hydrozoon.
scyphopolypnoun(zoology) A scyphozoan polyp.
hydrophorenounA tank used to provide water pressure.
gonophorenoun(zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid.
hydrorhizanoun(zoology) The rootstock or decumbent stem by which a hydroid is attached to other objects
nematophorenounA polyp, in some hydrozoans, that contains nematocysts
coenoeciumnoun(zoology) A polypary; a chitinous investment or covering of a coenosarc in hydroid hydrozoans.

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