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Meaning of "hydrozoan" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYDROZOAN

hydrozoan  [ˌhaɪdrəʊˈzəʊən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYDROZOAN

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Hydrozoan can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HYDROZOAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hydrozoan

Hydrozoa

Hydrozoa are a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most living in salt water. The colonies of the colonial species can be large, and in some cases the specialized individual animals cannot survive outside the colony. A few genera within this class live in fresh water. Hydrozoans are related to jellyfish and corals and belong to the phylum Cnidaria. Some examples of hydrozoans are the freshwater jelly, freshwater polyps, Obelia, Portuguese man o' war, chondrophores, "air fern", and pink-hearted hydroids.

Definition of hydrozoan in the English dictionary

The definition of hydrozoan in the dictionary is any colonial or solitary coelenterate of the class Hydrozoa, which includes the hydra, Portuguese man-of-war, and the sertularians. Other definition of hydrozoan is of, relating to, or belonging to the Hydrozoa.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYDROZOAN


actinozoan
ˌæktɪnəʊˈzəʊən
anthozoan
ˌænθəˈzəʊən
Baron-Cohen
ˌbærənˈkəʊən
Bowen
ˈbəʊən
bryozoan
ˌbraɪəˈzəʊən
Cohen
ˈkəʊən
entozoan
ˌɛntəˈzəʊən
epizoan
ˌepɪˈzəʊən
heliozoan
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈzəʊən
mesozoan
ˌmesəʊˈzəʊən
metazoan
ˌmɛtəˈzəʊən
mycetozoan
maɪˌsiːtəʊˈzəʊən
parazoan
ˌpærəˈzəʊən
polyzoan
ˌpɒlɪˈzəʊən
protozoan
ˌprəʊtəˈzəʊən
rowan
ˈrəʊən
Samoan
səˈməʊən
scyphozoan
ˌsaɪfəˈzəʊən
spermatozoan
ˌspɜːmətəʊˈzəʊən
sporozoan
ˌspɔːrəˈzəʊən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYDROZOAN

hydroxide
hydroxonium
hydroxonium ion
hydroxy
hydroxy acid
hydroxyapatite
hydroxybutyrate
hydroxyl
hydroxylamine
hydroxylapatite
hydroxylase
hydroxylate
hydroxylation
hydroxylic
hydroxyproline
hydroxytryptamine
hydroxyurea
hydroxyzine
hydrozincite

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYDROZOAN

bank loan
blue roan
eoan
groan
home loan
interlibrary loan
Joan
jumbo loan
koan
loan
Minoan
moan
on loan
personal loan
red roan
roan
savings and loan
Sloan
student loan
Zoan

Synonyms and antonyms of hydrozoan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hydrozoan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYDROZOAN

Find out the translation of hydrozoan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hydrozoan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hydrozoan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

水螅
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hydrozoan
570 millions of speakers

English

hydrozoan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hydrozoan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هدرواني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hydrozoan
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hydrozoan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hydrozoan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hydrozoaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidrozoan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hydrozoan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヒドロ虫
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hydrozoan
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hydrozoan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hydrozoan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hydrozoan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायड्रोजीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hydrozoan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Idrozoi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hydrozoan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hydrozoan
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hydrozoan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υδρόζωα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hydrozoan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hydrozoan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hydrozoan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hydrozoan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYDROZOAN»

The term «hydrozoan» is normally little used and occupies the 149.767 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYDROZOAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hydrozoan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hydrozoan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hydrozoan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYDROZOAN»

Discover the use of hydrozoan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hydrozoan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Introduction to Marine Biology
Hydrozoans Hydrozoans, or hydroids (class Hydrozoa), are mostly colonial organisms. A colony is composed of individual members that are physically connected and adapted to share resources such as food. Most hydrozoan colonies are 5 to ...
George Karleskint, Richard Turner, James Small, 2012
2
Coelenterate Biology 2003: Trends in Research on Cnidaria ...
Despite this tremendous diversity, many of the morphological differences between hydrozoan species can be attributed to simple changes in the relative position of regions/structures along the axes of the polyp and the stolon or hyd- rocaulus ...
Daphne G. Fautin, Jane A. Westfall, P Cartwright, 2007
3
A World in One Cubic Foot: Portraits of Biodiversity
Fish larva Hydrozoan jellyfish, Po/yorchis pen/cil/atus Saltwater mite, family Halacaridae Crab larva, Hem/'grapsus oregonens/s Shrimp, infraorder Caridea Crab larva, family Pinnotheridae Copepod, Fpi/ab/docera /ongipedata Copepod with ...
David Liittschwager, 2012
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Oogenesis: The Universal Process
Freeman, G. (1980) The role of cleavage in the establishment of the anterior- posterior axis of the hydrozoan embryo. In Developmental and Cellular Biology of Coelenterates (eds P. Tardent and R. Tardent), Elsevier/North Holland Biomedical ...
Marie-Helene Verlhac, Anne Villeneuve, 2010
5
Advances In Marine Biology
Lewis, J. B. (1989). The ecology of Millepora. Coral Reefs 8, 99–107. Lewis, J. B. (1991a). Testing the coral fragment size-dependent hypothesis for the calcareous hydrozoan Millepora complanata. Marine Ecology Progress Series 70, ...
‎2006
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INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
Branched hydrozoan colonies grow in two patterns. In monopodial growth, the first polyp elongates continuously from a growth zone at the distal end of the hydrocaulus. This primary (axial) polyp may even lose its hydranth and persists merely ...
MANDAL, 2012
7
Interactions and Adaptation Strategies of Marine Organisms
The carnivorous generalist, Carcinus maenas, appeared to have more narrowly defined food choices than the urchin. Of the prey items offered, the crabs readily consumed Balanus and Mytilus, but did not eat the epibiotic alga or hydrozoan.
Andrew D. Naumov, Herman Hummel, Alexey A. Sukhotin, 1997
8
Abstracts for 1968: Abstracts of papers submitted for seven ...
The Hydrozoan Genus Parkeria Carpenter, 1869, and Its Occurrence in the Cretaceous of Mexico BROWN, NOEL K., 111., Esso Production Research Company, Houston, Texas 77001, and ALAN H. COOGAN, Kent State University, Kent, ...
9
Issues in General Science and Scientific Theory and Method: ...
(2010 SEP 28) University of Basel: Flexibly deployed Pax genes in eye development at the early evolution of animals demonstrated by studies on a hydrozoan jellyfish New research, 'Flexibly deployed Pax genes in eye development at the ...
‎2012
10
An Introduction to Zoology
The hydrozoan jellyfish (medusa) are small, only a few centimeters in diameter, and should not be confused with the larger “true jellyfish” of the class Scyphozoa. The hydromedusae display a varying number of tentacles hanging from the ...
Joseph Springer, Dennis Holley, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYDROZOAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hydrozoan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Portuguese Man O' War Spotted in Long Beach
Fire Island, Jones Beach, and now Long Beach have now reported sightings of the Portuguese Man O' War. The jellyfish-like hydrozoan ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
2
Man-of-wars on Delaware shore
It is actually hydrozoan, an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together. The brightly-colored bladder can have blue or purple ... «Cape Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Southern California Is Under Attack! Red Tuna Crabs Invade Shoreline
The list includes squid, Poralia jellyfish, kelp flies, Velella velella (a hydrozoan, which is a long-distance relative of the Portuguese man-of-war), ... «The Inquisitr, Jun 15»
4
For Mother's Day, 6 animal mothers that go above and beyond
That's not an issue for one hydrozoan mother that physically melds with its offspring. KU biologist Paulyn Cartwright was first to discover this ... «MyScienceNews, May 15»
5
The animal kingdom's most bizarre MOTHERS revealed
'The hydrozoan Ectopleura larynx doesn't form colonies through the typical mode of asexual reproduction - but instead makes its colony by ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
6
Word Nerd: Velella
1. Velella Velella: the only known member of the genus Velella; a small, bluish marine hydrozoan fixed with a transparent, vertical growth or ... «Coast Weekend, Apr 15»
7
Stinging 'blue buttons' wash ashore at Pensacola Beach, Fla …
The bright blue creatures are actually colonies of hydrozoan polyps known as porpita porpita, or, more commonly, blue buttons, according to ... «NOLA.com, Apr 15»
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Thousands of stinging 'Blue Buttons' wash ashore
The bright blue organisms, while resembling jellyfish, are actually colonies of hydrozoan polyps known as porpita porpita, or, more commonly, ... «Pensacola News Journal, Apr 15»
9
Meet the tiny sea creatures that delayed the USS Roosevelt
Here is a YouTube video of hydrozoan, shot by the VIMS. This information was provided by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. For more on ... «Daily Press, Mar 15»
10
Seeing past the jellyfish sting
FREE FLOAT The clear bell of a gelatinous hydrozoan is a floating home for a jelly-rider called a hyperiid amphipod. As homes to some ... «Science News, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hydrozoan [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hydrozoan>. Apr 2024 ».
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