hydranth

hydranth

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Hellenic *údōr
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der.
English hydro-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éndʰos
Proto-Hellenic *ántʰos
Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos)bor.
English -anth
English hydranth

    From hydro- + -anth (“flower”).

    Noun

    hydranth (plural hydranths)

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

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