hydranth
English
Etymology
From hydra + -anth (“flower”), thus "hydra blossom".
Noun
hydranth (plural hydranths)
- (zoology) An individual polyp of a hydroid colony
- 1970, Sylvan Meryl Rose, Regeneration, page 126:
- NM Stevens (1902) and Emil Godlewski (1904) described the transformation of pieces of stem to hydranths in the marine hydroid.
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Related terms
- hydrozoan
See also
- hydrant