coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes
hydroid 1
noundomain: animal
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
English
Definition
colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes