Dictionary entry

Hydrocorallia

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Hy′dro‐co‐ral″li‐a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Hydra, and Coral.] (Zoöl.) A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora.