English noun: Hydrozoa | |||
1. | Hydrozoa (animal) coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes | ||
Synonyms | class Hydrozoa | ||
Broader (hypernym) | class | ||
Member holonym | genus Hydra, genus Sertularia, hydroid, hydrozoan, order Siphonophora, Sertularia, Siphonophora | ||
Member meronym | Cnidaria, Coelenterata, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata | ||