hydroid
adjective
- like a hydra or polyp
- of or related to an order (Hydroida) of hydrozoans, including the hydras and many colonial marine species
noun
any hydroid hydrozoan
See hydroid in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hīˈdroidˌ)
noun- Any of numerous characteristically colonial hydrozoan coelenterates having a polyp rather than a medusoid form as the dominant stage of the life cycle.
- The asexual polyp in the life cycle of a hydrozoan.
adjective Of, relating to, or characteristic of a hydroid.
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