ALL meanings of hydroid
hy·droid
H h - adjective hydroid noting or pertaining to that form of hydrozoan that is asexual and grows into branching colonies by budding. 1
- noun hydroid the phase of a hydrozoan coelenterate that consists of polyp forms usually growing as an attached colony. 1
- noun hydroid A coelenterate of an order that includes the hydras. They are distinguished by the dominance of the polyp phase. 1
- noun hydroid Any of many colonial coelenterates that exist mainly as a polyp; a hydrozoan. 0
- adjective hydroid Of or pertaining to such creatures. 0
- adjective hydroid of or relating to the Hydroida, an order of colonial hydrozoan coelenterates that have the polyp phase dominant 0
- adjective hydroid (of coelenterate colonies or individuals) having or consisting of hydra-like polyps 0
- noun hydroid a hydroid colony or individual 0
- adjective hydroid like a hydra or polyp 0
- adjective hydroid of or related to an order (Hydroida) of hydrozoans, including the hydras and many colonial marine species 0
- noun hydroid any hydroid hydrozoan 0