(ˌ)kamˈpanyəˈla(a)rēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, plural of Campanularia, genus of polyps, from campanula bell-shaped part (diminutive of Late Latin campana bell) + -aria
in some classifications : a division of Hydroida comprising forms in which each polyp is able to retract into a bell-shaped hydrotheca — used as more or less exactly equivalent to Leptomedusae