hydroid polyp
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Polyp — Pol yp, n. [L. polypus, Gr. ?, ?, literally, many footed; poly s many + ?, ?, foot: cf. F. polype. See {Poly } and {Foot}, and cf. {Polypode}, {Polypody}, {Poulp}.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral. (b)… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Polyp stem — Polyp Pol yp, n. [L. polypus, Gr. ?, ?, literally, many footed; poly s many + ?, ?, foot: cf. F. polype. See {Poly } and {Foot}, and cf. {Polypode}, {Polypody}, {Poulp}.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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 — /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 — hy·droid hī .drȯid adj of or relating to a hydrozoan esp resembling a typical hydra hydroid n HYDROZOAN esp a hydrozoan polyp as distinguished from a medusa … Medical dictionary
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 — hy•droid [[t]ˈhaɪ drɔɪd[/t]] adj. 1) ivt of or pertaining to the hydrozoan order Hydroidea, including hydras and marine colonial forms 2) ivt the phase of hydrozoan development that consists of polyp forms • Etymology: 1860–65; hydr(a)+ oid; cf.… … From formal English to slang
