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hydrozoan

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of many colonial coelenterates, of the class Hydrozoa, including the hydras, hydroids, hydrocorals, and siphonophores.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hydroid

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: coelenterate, cnidarian

Narrower terms: planula, hydra, siphonophore, sertularian

History

Etymology

From Translingual Hydrozoa + English -an.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: hidrozou — colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水螅蟲類 /水螅虫类 (shuǐxī chónglèi) — colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
  • Finnish: polyyppieläin — colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
  • Japanese: ヒドロ虫類 (hidorochūrui) — colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
  • Polish: stułbiopław — colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
  • Russian: гидрозо́й (gidrozój) — colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa