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hydranth

hydranth noun: an individual polyp of a hydroid colony.

Noun

hydranth (plural hydranths)

  1. An individual polyp of a hydroid colony
    • NM Stevens (1902) and Emil Godlewski (1904) described the transformation of pieces of stem to hydranths in the marine hydroid.1970, Sylvan Meryl Rose, Regeneration, page 126

hydranth meaning in Tamil

hydranth in Tamil

ஹைடிராந்த்

Forms of hydranth

pluralhydranths

Origin of hydranth

From hydro- + -anth (“flower”).

Questions about hydranth

What does hydranth mean?
Hydranth means an individual polyp of a hydroid colony.
What is hydranth in Tamil?
Hydranth in Tamil is ஹைடிராந்த். See Hydranth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydranth?
Hydranth is a noun.
What is the plural of hydranth?
The plural of hydranth is hydranths.

Words near hydranth in the dictionary

  1. hydrangea
  2. hydrangeaceous
  3. hydrangeas
  4. hydrangenol
  5. hydrant
  6. hydranth
  7. hydranths
  8. hydrants
  9. hydraquent
  10. hydraquents
  11. hydrarchies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydranth (page history and authors); hydranth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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