Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various marine hydroids of the genus Obelia that exist chiefly as colonies of polyps growing in a branchlike form on surfaces such as piers or rocks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of campanularian polyps, distinguished from
Campanularia by the flat discoidal medusæ with many marginal tentacles and eight interradial vesicles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of various
colonial marine hydroids of the genus Obelia.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Obelia Medusa: Second Generation - The second generation of the obelia life cycle begins when the medusae are released by the gonozooids and become free swimming forms.
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Obelia Hydroid: First Generation - The first obelia generation, illustrated in the photomicrograph in this section, lives in hydroid colonies, consisting of polyps.
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Obelia Medusa: Second Generation - The second generation of the obelia life cycle begins when the medusae are released by the gonozooids and become free swimming forms.
unknown title 2009
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Obelia Hydroid: First Generation - The first obelia generation, illustrated in the photomicrograph in this section, lives in hydroid colonies, consisting of polyps.
unknown title 2009
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Obelia Hydroid: First Generation - The first obelia generation, illustrated in the photomicrograph in this section, lives in hydroid colonies, consisting of polyps.
unknown title 2009
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