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hydriform, a.|ˈhaɪdrɪfɔːm|
Also erron. hydraform.
[f. L. type *hydriformis: see hydra + -form.]
Hydra-shaped.
1. Of the form of the Lernæan Hydra.
1822New Monthly Mag. V. 110 Dividing their discourses into heads—Cerberean, Polypean, and Hydraform.
2. Having the form of the hydra polyp.
1847Carpenter Zool. §1044 The arms [of the Hydra] are destitute of cilia; and this is an important character, by which all the Polypes of the Hydra-form kind may be at once distinguished from those of a higher group. 1847–9Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 20/1 Polypes hydriform. 1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. iii. 49 Distinguished by the absence of a hydriform stage. |