ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hydranth

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hydranth is a noun meaning (zoology) An individual polyp of a hydroid colony.

Meaning

(zoology) An individual polyp of a hydroid colony.

Example Sentences

NM Stevens (1902) and Emil Godlewski (1904) described the transformation of pieces of stem to hydranths in the marine hydroid.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hydroid, hydropolyp, hydrosome, hydrophyton, hydrorhiza, hydractinian.

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