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HYDROZOA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
Synonyms:
class Hydrozoa; Hydrozoa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hydrozoa" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Hydrozoa"):
hydroid; hydrozoan (colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant)
genus Hydra (hydras)
order Siphonophora; Siphonophora (marine colonial hydrozoans)
genus Sertularia; Sertularia (sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies)
Holonyms ("Hydrozoa" is a member of...):
Cnidaria; Coelenterata; phylum Cnidaria; phylum Coelenterata (hydras; polyps; jellyfishes; sea anemones; corals)
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