hydroid

A noun referring to colonial coelenterates in which the polyp phase is dominant.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее колониальных кишечнополостных, у которых доминирует полипная стадия.

1. Colonial coelenterate C2 formal scientific

   A type of small, colonial aquatic animal belonging to the class Hydrozoa, in which the polyp form is the dominant stage of the life cycle.

   • The marine biologist studied the structure of a hydroid colony.
   • Hydroids often attach to rocks or seaweed in shallow waters.
   • These hydroids form branching, plant-like colonies on the ocean floor.

   🇷🇺Гидроид

   Синонимы: hydrozoan

• hydroids plural form
• hydroids' possessive plural form
• hydroid's possessive singular form