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lucernarian, a. and n. Zool.|l(j)uːsəˈnɛərɪən|
[f. mod.L. Lucernaria (see below), f. lucerna lamp.]
A. adj. Belonging to the genus Lucernaria typical of the family Lucernariidæ of hydrozoa.
B. n. A hydrozoan of this genus or family.
1854A. Adams, etc. Man. Nat. Hist. 355 Lucernarians.
So luˈcernarid, lucerˈnaridan, a., pertaining to the Lucernarida, a sub-class of hydrozoa; n. a member of the Lucernarida. luˈcernaroid, the reproductive zooid of any of the Lucernarida.
1861J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd., Cœlent. 123 A fixed and sexless ‘Lucernaroid’. Ibid., The developmental cycle of each Lucernarid. 1870Nicholson Zool. I. 90 The Hydra-tuba thus constitutes the fixed ‘Lucernaroid’, or the ‘trophosome’ of one of the Rhizostomidæ. |