hydranth
English edit
Etymology edit
From hydra + -anth (“flower”), thus "hydra blossom".
Noun edit
hydranth (plural hydranths)
- (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.