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GENUS HYDRA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Hydra" is a kind of...):
coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hydra"):
hydra (small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp)
Holonyms ("genus Hydra" is a member of...):
class Hydrozoa; Hydrozoa (coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes)