hydranth

noun

hydranth

noun

Etymology From hydro- + -anth (“flower”).

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Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology An individual polyp of a hydroid colony

NM Stevens (1902) and Emil Godlewski (1904) described the transformation of pieces of stem to hydranths in the marine hydroid.1970, Sylvan Meryl Rose, Regeneration, page 126:

Related terms: hydrozoan, hydrant

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