'Hydranth' definitions:

Definition of 'Hydranth'

From: GCIDE
  • Hydranth \Hy"dranth\, n. [Hydra + Gr. ? a flower.] (Zool.) One of the nutritive zooids of a hydroid colony. Also applied to the proboscis or manubrium of a hydroid medusa. See Illust. of Hydroidea. [1913 Webster]