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Hydrant vs Hydranth - What's the difference?

hydrant | hydranth | see also |

Hydrant is a see also of hydranth.


As nouns the difference between hydrant and hydranth

is that hydrant is fire hydrant while hydranth is (zoology) an individual polyp of a hydroid colony.

hydrant

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An outlet from a liquid/fluid main often consisting of an upright pipe with a valve attached from which fluid (e.g. water or fuel) can be tapped.

    • Derived terms

    * fire hydrant

    Descendants

    * German: ----

    hydranth

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) An individual polyp of a hydroid colony
  • *{{quote-book, 1970, Sylvan Meryl Rose, Regeneration citation
    • , passage=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