hydranth

English

Etymology

From hydro- +‎ -anth (“flower”).

Noun

hydranth (plural hydranths)

1. (zoology) An individual polyp of a hydroid colony
   • 1970, Sylvan Meryl Rose, Regeneration‎, page 126:

     NM Stevens (1902) and Emil Godlewski (1904) described the transformation of pieces of stem to hydranths in the marine hydroid.

Related terms

• hydrozoan

See also

• hydrant