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hydroid
CIDE DICTIONARY
hydroid, a. [Hydra + -oid.].
Related to, or resembling, the hydra; of or pertaining to the Hydroidea. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hydroid, adj. & n. Zool. any usu. polypoid hydrozoan of the order Hydroida, including hydra.
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