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hydroid

 
Dictionary: hy·droid   (hī'droid') pronunciation
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n.
  1. Any of numerous characteristically colonial hydrozoan coelenterates having a polyp rather than a medusoid form as the dominant stage of the life cycle.
  2. The asexual polyp in the life cycle of a hydrozoan.
adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a hydroid.

[HYDR(A) + -OID.]


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
  Synonym: hydrozoan

 
 
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