ACTINULA


Meaning of ACTINULA in English

akˈtinyələ noun

( plural actinulas -ləz ; or actinu·lae -ˌlē)

Etymology: New Latin, from actin- + -ula

: a creeping larva of the hydroid generation of certain coelenterates (as Tubularia) that finally attaches and develops into a polyp

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