hydrocladium

noun

hy·​dro·​cla·​di·​um

plural hydrocladia

-ēə

: one of the small branchlets bearing the hydrothecae in a colony of plumularian hydroids

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from hydr- + Greek kladion twig, diminutive of klados branch

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Rhymes for hydrocladium

• palladium
• vanadium
• radium
• stadium