Definitions for hydranths

hydranths hy·dranth

Spelling: [hahy-druh nth]
IPA: /ˈhaɪ drənθ/

Hydranths is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 290 anagrams from letters in hydranths (adhhnrsty).

Definitions for hydranths

noun

  1. the terminal part of a hydroid polyp that bears the mouth and tentacles and contains the stomach region.

Origin of hydranths

1870-75; hydr(a) + Greek ánth(os) flower

Examples for hydranths

hydranth more shortened, daisy-like in form, with two whorls of tentacles, oral and aboral.

Speaking generally, three principal types of hydranth can be distinguished, each with subordinate varieties of form.

hydranth with tentacles reduced below four; type of Lar (fig. 11), Monobrachium, &c.

In both cases the hydranth is extremely reduced and has no tentacles, and the polyp forms a colony by budding from the base.

As a general rule polyp-buds are produced from the hydrorhiza and hydrocaulus, while medusa-buds are formed on the hydranth.

Word Value for hydranths
Scrable

18

Words with friends

16

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