Dictionary entry

Hydrozoa

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Hy′dro‐zo″a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. ζο̑ͅον an animal.] (Zoöl.) The Acalephæ; one of the classes of cœlenterates, including the Hydroidea, Discophora, and Siphonophora.