Hydranth

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An individual polyp of a hydroid colony

    "NM Stevens (1902) and Emil Godlewski (1904) described the transformation of pieces of stem to hydranths in the marine hydroid."

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"NM Stevens (1902) and Emil Godlewski (1904) described the transformation of pieces of stem to hydranths in the marine hydroid."

Etymology

From hydro- + -anth (“flower”).

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