HYDROZOAN


Meaning of HYDROZOAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌhī-drə-ˈzō-ən ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.