Anthomedusae

plural noun

An·​tho·​me·​du·​sae

-(t)thə-

: a suborder of Hydroida that is sometimes regarded as a separate order of Hydrozoa and that includes hydrozoans, that has the hydranths and reproductive zooids unprotected by thecae, and that sometimes has medusae which bear the gonads in the manubrium and lack lithocysts

anthomedusan

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adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from anth- entry 1 + medusae (plural of medusa)

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