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.

Related terms

hydrozoan

See also

hydrant

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