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Hydroid — may refer to:Marine BiologyColonial, plant like animals closely related to jellyfish, with stinging cellsany member of the invertebrate order Hydroida (class Hydrozoa, phylum Cnidaria). Hydroids have three basic life cycle stages: (1) a tiny free … Wikipedia
hydroid — [hī′droid΄] adj. [ HYDR(A) + OID] 1. like a hydra or polyp 2. of or related to an order (Hydroida) of hydrozoans, including the hydras and many colonial marine species n. any hydroid hydrozoan … English World 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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hydroid — /huy droyd/, adj. 1. noting or pertaining to that form of hydrozoan that is asexual and grows into branching colonies by budding. n. 2. the phase of a hydrozoan coelenterate that consists of polyp forms usually growing as an attached colony.… … Universalium
hydroid — I. adjective Etymology: ultimately from New Latin Hydra Date: circa 1864 of or relating to a hydrozoan; especially resembling a typical hydra II. noun Date: 1865 hydrozoan; especially a hydrozoan polyp as distinguished from a hydrozoan jellyfish … New Collegiate Dictionary
hydroid — n. [Gr. hydor, water; eidos, like] (CNIDARIA) Polyp of coelenterates; any member of the Hydroida … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
hydroid — 1. noun Any of many colonial coelenterates that exist mainly as a polyp; a hydrozoan 2. adjective Of or pertaining to such creatures … Wiktionary
hydroid — adj. pertaining to or characteristic of an asexual hydrozoan polyp (Zoology) … English contemporary dictionary
hydroid — [ hʌɪdrɔɪd] noun Zoology a coelenterate of an order (Hydroida) which includes the hydras … English new terms dictionary
hydroid — hy·droid … English syllables
