HYDROIDA


Meaning of HYDROIDA in English

I. hīˈdrȯidə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Hydra, included genus + -oida

: an order of Hydrozoa comprising forms alternating a well-developed asexual polyp generation with a generation of free medusae or of abortive medusoid reproductive structures on the polyps — see leptomedusae

II.

Etymology: New Latin, from Hydra, included genus + -oida

synonym of hydrozoa

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