Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydranth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-dranth
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An individual polyp of a hydroid colony

Example Sentences

"NM Stevens (1902) and Emil Godlewski (1904) described the transformation of pieces of stem to hydranths in the marine hydroid."

Etymology

From hydro- + -anth (“flower”).

Inflected Forms

hydranths (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

hydrozoan hydrant

Questions

What does hydranth mean?: An individual polyp of a hydroid colony
Where does hydranth come from?: From hydro- + -anth (“flower”).

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