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Definition of hydroid
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Hydroid
(n.) One of the
Hydroideas.
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Hydrocaulus
::
Hydrocaulus
(n.) The
hollow
stem of a
hydroid,
either
simple
or
branched.
See
Illust.
of
Gymnoblastea
and
Hydroidea..
Sea Ginger
::
Sea
ginger
() A
hydroid
coral of the genus
Millepora,
especially
M.
alcicornis,
of the West
Indies
and
Florida.
So
called
because
it
stings
the
tongue
like
ginger.
See
Illust.
under
Millepore..
Polypidom
::
Polypidom
(n.) A
coral,
or
corallum;
also, one of the
coral-like
structure
made by
bryozoans
and
hydroids..
Perigone
::
Perigone
(n.) A sac which
surrounds
the
generative
bodies
in the
gonophore
of a
hydroid.
Proliferous
::
Proliferous
(a.)
Producing
sexual
zooids
by
budding;
-- said of the
blastostyle
of a
hydroid.
Athecata
::
Athecata
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Hydroidea
in which the
zooids
are
naked,
or not
inclosed
in a
capsule.
See
Tubularian..
Thecophora
::
Thecophora
(n. pl.) A
division
of
hydroids
comprising
those which have the
hydranths
in
thecae
and the
gonophores
in
capsules.
The
campanularians
and
sertularians
are
examples.
Called
also
Thecata.
See
Illust.
under
Hydroidea.
Gonosome
::
Gonosome
(n.) The
reproductive
zooids
of a
hydroid
colony,
collectively..
Adelocodonic
::
Adelocodonic
(a.)
Applied
to
sexual
zooids
of
hydroids,
that have a
saclike
form and do not
become
free; --
opposed
to
phanerocodonic..
Hydroid
::
Hydroid
(a.)
Related
to, or
resembling,
the
hydra;
of or
pertaining
to the
Hydroidea..
Hydranth
::
Hydranth
(n.) One of the
nutritive
zooids
of a
hydroid
colony.
Also
applied
to the
proboscis
or
manubrium
of a
hydroid
medusa.
See
Illust.
of
Hydroidea.
Stoloniferous
::
Stolon
(n.) An
extension
of the
integument
of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are
developed,
giving
rise to new
zooids,
and thus
forming
a
compound
animal
in which the
zooids
usually
remain
united
by the
stolons.
Such
stolons
are often
present
in
Anthozoa,
Hydroidea,
Bryozoa,
and
social
ascidians.
See
Illust.
under
Scyphistoma..
Zooid
::
Zooid (n.) One of the
individual
animals
in a
composite
group,
as of
Anthozoa,
Hydroidea,
and
Bryozoa;
--
sometimes
restricted
to those
individuals
in which the mouth and
digestive
organs
are not
developed..
Hydrosoma
::
Hydrosoma
(n.) All the
zooids
of a
hydroid
colony
collectively,
including
the
nutritive
and
reproductive
zooids,
and often other
kinds..
Sertularia
::
Sertularia
(n.) A genus of
delicate
branching
hydroids
having
small
sessile
hydrothecae
along the sides of the
branches.
Gonophore
::
Gonophore
(n.) A
sexual
zooid
produced
as a
medusoid
bud upon a
hydroid,
sometimes
becoming
a free
hydromedusa,
sometimes
remaining
attached.
See
Hydroidea,
and
Illusts.
of
Athecata,
Campanularian,
and
Gonosome..
Gemmipares
::
Gemmipares
(n. pl.)
Animals
which
increase
by
budding,
as
hydroids..
Tubularian
::
Tubularian
(n.) Any
hydroid
belonging
to the
suborder
Tubularida.
Hydrotheca
::
Hydrotheca
(n.) One of the
calicles
which,
in some
Hydroidea
(Thecaphora),
protect
the
hydrants.
See
Illust.
of
Hydroidea,
and
Campanularian..
Hydrocorallia
::
Hydrocorallia
(n. pl.) A
division
of
Hydroidea,
including
those
genera
that
secrete
a stony
coral,
as
Millepora
and
Stylaster.
Two forms of
zooids
in life
project
from small pores in the coral and
resemble
those of other
hydroids.
See
Millepora..
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