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sertularian

noun

feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps

• Hypernyms: ↑hydrozoan, ↑hydroid

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sertularia, ↑genus Sertularia

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I. \\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ən\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin Sertularia + English -an

: of or relating to the genus Sertularia or to the family Sertulariidae

II. noun (-s)

: a sertularian hydroid

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/serr'choo lair"ee euhn/, n. Zool.

a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.

[1840-50; < NL Sertulari(a) genus name (L sertul(a), dim. of serta wreath + -aria -ARIA) + -AN]

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sertularian /sûr-tū-lāˈri-ən/

noun

Any hydroid coelenterate of the common genus Sertularia, having a double row of sessile hydrothecae (also adjective)

ORIGIN: Mod L, from dimin of serta garland

Useful english dictionary. 2012.