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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 jellyfishesplay

    Synonyms:

    class Hydrozoa; Hydrozoa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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