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One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.

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  1. n. One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.
  2. n. Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.
  3. n. A fossil coral.
  4. 1. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian. (b) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa. 2. (Paleon.) A fossil coral.
  5. n. One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian. n. Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa. n. A fossil coral.