Meaning Of The Word Hydroid

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hydroid in American English
any hydroid hydrozoan
like a hydra or polyp
adjective: noting or pertaining to that form of hydrozoan that is asexual and grows into branching colonies by budding
noun: the phase of a hydrozoan coelenterate that consists of polyp forms usually growing as an attached colony

hydroid in British English
adjective: of or relating to the Hydroida, an order of colonial hydrozoan coelenterates that have the polyp phase dominant
noun: a hydroid colony or individual

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