Definition of Hydrozoan

1. Noun. Colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant.

Exact synonyms: Hydroid
Generic synonyms: Cnidarian, Coelenterate
Specialized synonyms: Planula, Hydra, Siphonophore, Sertularian
Group relationships: Class Hydrozoa, Hydrozoa

Definition of Hydrozoan

1. Noun. (biology) Any of many colonial coelenterates, of the class ''Hydrozoa'', including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrozoan

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrozoan

hydroxytryptamines
hydroxytryptophan
hydroxytryptophan decarboxylase
hydroxytryptophol
hydroxyurea
hydroxyureas
hydroxyvitamin
hydroxyzine
hydroxyzine hydrochloride
hydroxyzines
hydrozincite
hydrozincites
hydrozirconation
hydrozoal
hydrozoan (current term)
hydrozoans
hydrozoon
hydrozoons
hydruret
hydrurets
hydrus
hydrœcia
hydrœcium
hydræ
hydræmia
hydyne
hydynes
hye
hyed

Literary usage of Hydrozoan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"One of the vesicular or cystic tentacles of a hydrozoan ; a marginal body representing a reduced and modified tentacle, whose axis is a hollow ..."

2. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"... were similar to the existing hydrozoan order Siphonophora in the presence of a float ... of the hydrozoan order ..."

3. Annual Record of Science and Industry for 1871-78 by Spencer Fullerton Baird (1875)
"Although a hydrozoan, it is not a hydroid, and can not be referred to any of the existing orders of ... In many respects this new hydrozoan resembles the ..."

4. Elementary Palæontology for Geological Students by Henry Woods (1893)
"The simplest form of hydrozoan is the common freshwater Hydra. ... A simple hydrozoan, like Hydra, is known as a polyp, but many forms are compound, ..."

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