microhydra

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noun

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: a minute freshwater hydroid without tentacles that is the polyp of medusae of the genus Craspedacusta

Microhydra

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Mi·​cro·​hydra

¦mīkrō+

taxonomic synonym of craspedacusta

Word History

Etymology

Noun

New Latin, from Microhydra

New Latin, from micr- + hydra

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