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hydroid vs planula

planula vs hydroid

hydroid and planula both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hydroid Yes No No No
planula Yes No No No
As nouns, planula is a hyponym of hydroid; that is, planula is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hydroid:
  • hydroid: colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
  • planula: the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
Other hyponyms of hydroid include hydra, siphonophore, sertularian.
hydroid (noun) planula (noun)
colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
Difference between hydroid and planula

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