hydroid

Hydroid — may refer to:Marine BiologyColonial, plant like animals closely related to jellyfish, with stinging cellsany member of the invertebrate order Hydroida (class Hydrozoa, phylum Cnidaria). Hydroids have three basic life cycle stages: (1) a tiny free …   Wikipedia

Hydroid — Hy droid, a. [Hydra + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea. n. One of the Hydroideas. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

hydroid — 1> зоол. гидроид 2> зоол. гидроидный …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

hydroid — /huy droyd/, adj. 1. noting or pertaining to that form of hydrozoan that is asexual and grows into branching colonies by budding. n. 2. the phase of a hydrozoan coelenterate that consists of polyp forms usually growing as an attached colony.… …   Universalium

hydroid — I. adjective Etymology: ultimately from New Latin Hydra Date: circa 1864 of or relating to a hydrozoan; especially resembling a typical hydra II. noun Date: 1865 hydrozoan; especially a hydrozoan polyp as distinguished from a hydrozoan jellyfish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

hydroid — n. [Gr. hydor, water; eidos, like] (CNIDARIA) Polyp of coelenterates; any member of the Hydroida …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

hydroid — 1) гидроид 2) гидроидный …   Англо-русский технический словарь

hydroid — 1. noun Any of many colonial coelenterates that exist mainly as a polyp; a hydrozoan 2. adjective Of or pertaining to such creatures …   Wiktionary

hydroid — [ haɪdrɔɪd] 1) Зоология: гидроид, гидроидный 2) Океанология: гидроидный полип (зоо; Hydrozoa) …   Универсальный англо-русский словарь

hydroid — мед.сущ. гидроид гидроидный …   Англо-русский медицинский словарь