hydrozoan
/hahy-druh-zoh-uhn/US // ˌhaɪ drəˈzoʊ ən //UK // (ˌhaɪdrəʊˈzəʊən) //
水生动物,水生动物学,水生植物,水生植物学
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any freshwater or marine coelenterate of the class Hydrozoa, including free-swimming or attached types, as the hydra, in which one developmental stage, either the polyp or medusa, is absent, and colonial types, as the Portuguese man-of-war, in which both medusa and polyp stages are present in a single colony.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : belonging or pertaining to the Hydrozoa.
Examples
For one tiny hydrozoan creature from the coast of Italy, avoiding death is something that just, well, happens—over and over and over again.
Level 5Browse all words →