hydroid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
    hydrozoan.

WordNet


Hy"droid adjective
Etymology
Hydra + -oid.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea. -- n. One of the Hydroideas.

Webster 1913