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hydroid

[hahy-droid] / ˈhaɪ drɔɪd /
NOUN
polyp
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An example is the colonial hydroid called an Obelia. The sessile polyp form has, in fact, two types of polyps, shown in Figure 3.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2015

There are significantly more crab experts, for instance, than hydroid experts.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2012

But because there are so few hydroid experts, our understanding of these species is staggeringly incomplete.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2012

“Finding really good hydroid experts is very difficult,” says James Carlton, a professor of marine sciences at Williams College and the director of the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program.

From New York Times Nov. 28, 2012

In Tubularia mesembryanthemum, a hydroid polyp, there are stalk, root, and polyp-head.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Oscar Hertwig




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