hydrozoan
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hydrozoan — [hī΄drə zō′ən] adj. [< ModL Hydrozoa < HYDRA + ZO + AN] of a class (Hydrozoa) of cnidarians having a saclike body consisting of two layers of cells, and a mouth that opens directly into the body cavity n. any animal of this class, as a… … English World dictionary
hydrozoan — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek hydr + zōion animal more at zo Date: 1877 any of a class (Hydrozoa) of coelenterates that includes solitary and colonial polyps and jellyfishes having no stomodeum or gastric tentacles • hydrozoan adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
hydrozoan Zoology — [ˌhʌɪdrə(ʊ) zəʊən] noun a marine invertebrate (coelenterate) of the class Hydrozoa, which includes hydras and Portuguese men of war. adjective relating to hydrozoans. Origin from mod. L. Hydrozoa, from hydro + Gk zōion animal … English new terms dictionary
hydrozoan — /huy dreuh zoh euhn/, n. 1. any freshwater or marine coelenterate of the class Hydrozoa, including free swimming or attached types, as the hydra, in which one developmental stage, either the polyp or medusa, is absent, and colonial types, as the… … Universalium
hydrozoan — noun Any of many colonial coelenterates, of the class Hydrozoa, including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores … Wiktionary
hydrozoan — adj. belonging to the class Hydrozoa (Zoology) n. member of the class Hydrozoa (Zoology) … English contemporary dictionary
hydrozoan — hy•dro•zo•an [[t]ˌhaɪ drəˈzoʊ ən[/t]] n. 1) ivt any freshwater or marine cnidarian of the classHydrozoa, including attached and free swimming, often colonial, forms in which the medusa stage is reduced or lacking 2) ivt belonging or pertaining to … From formal English to slang
hydrozoan — /haɪdrəˈzoʊən/ (say huydruh zohuhn) adjective 1. relating to the Hydrozoa, a class of coelenterates that comprises solitary or colonial polyps and free swimming medusas. –noun 2. a member of the Hydrozoa. {New Latin Hydrozōön, from hydro ,… …
hydrozoan — n. polyp. ♦ hydrozoal, ♦ hydrozoic, a … Dictionary of difficult words
hydrozoan — n. & adj. n. any aquatic coelenterate of the class Hydrozoa of mainly marine polyp or medusoid forms, including hydra and Portuguese man of war. Etymology: mod.L Hydrozoa (as HYDRA, Gk zoion animal) * * * noun colonial coelenterates having the… … Useful english dictionary
