hydrozoa

English - Turkish

Definition of hydrozoa in English Turkish dictionary

hidrozolar (cnidaria grubu içinde, çoğunlukla denizel, çok hücreli organizma sınıfı)

English - English

Definition of hydrozoa in English English dictionary

a large group of marine animals, of the class Hydrozoa, whose life cycles contain a sexual and asexual stage

{i} class of freshwater or marine coelenterates which includes both attached and free-swimming types (Zoology)

The Acalephæ; one of the classes of cœlenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora

coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes

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Hyphenation

Hy·dro·zo·a

Etymology

() Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (“water”) + ζῷον (“animal”).