hydrozoan

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noun

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

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hydroid
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Meanings

nounhydrozoan (plural hydrozoa or hydrozoans)

plural hydrozoa · plural hydrozoans

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nouncolonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant

Similar
hydroid
Broader
coelenteratecnidarian
Also see
hydroid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From Translingual Hydrozoa + English -an.

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Translations

Catalan hidrozou
  • hidrozoucolonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
Chinese Mandarin 水螅蟲類 /水螅虫类
  • 水螅蟲類 /水螅虫类 (shuǐxī chónglèi)colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
Finnish polyyppieläin
  • polyyppieläincolonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
Japanese ヒドロ虫類
  • ヒドロ虫類 (hidorochūrui)colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
Polish stułbiopław
  • stułbiopławcolonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
Russian гидрозо́й
  • гидрозо́й (gidrozój)colonial coelenterates of the class Hydrozoa
Cite this entry
APA

hydrozoan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrozoan

MLA

“hydrozoan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrozoan. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hydrozoan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hydrozoan.

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