holtedieren

Definitions of holtedieren
  1. noun
    radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms
    synonyms: holtedier
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    poliep
    one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
    kwal
    one of two forms that coelenterates take: it is the free-swimming sexual phase in the life cycle of a coelenterate; in this phase it has a gelatinous umbrella-shaped body and tentacles
    kwal
    any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
    Waterslang
    small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
    koraal
    marine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton; masses in a variety of shapes often forming reefs
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