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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

In other hydroid species, the medusa dies after it spawns.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012

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

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012

Peterson is closely following the work of Daniel Martínez, a biologist at Pomona College and one of the world’s leading hydroid scholars.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2012

I know of no form in which so many of the characteristic features of a typical hydroid are more finely expressed than in this beautiful species.”

From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock


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