Etymology

sertularian

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Today it means: Any member of the former order Sertularida, hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae. Full definition →

translingual Sertularia
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  1. translingual · derived fromSertularia
  2. English todaysertularian

From translingual Sertularia, the taxonomic name of the genus for which the order was named, + -an.

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