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Hydroid vs Hydractinian - What's the difference?

hydroid | hydractinian |

As nouns the difference between hydroid and hydractinian

is that hydroid is any of many colonial coelenterates that exist mainly as a polyp; a hydrozoan while hydractinian is (biology) a marine hydroid of the genus (taxlink) or a closely-related genus.

As an adjective hydroid

is of or pertaining to such creatures.

hydroid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of many colonial coelenterates that exist mainly as a polyp; a hydrozoan

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to such creatures

    • Anagrams

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    hydractinian

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A marine hydroid of the genus (taxlink) or a closely-related genus

    • Hypernyms

    *hydractiniid *hydrozoan *cnidarian *animal *eukaryote *organism