Associations to the word «Hydroid»

Wiktionary

HYDROID, noun. Any of many colonial coelenterates that exist mainly as a polyp; a hydrozoan
HYDROID, adjective. Of or pertaining to such creatures

Dictionary definition

HYDROID, noun. Colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats