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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydrocorallia


Hyˊdro-co-ral′li-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Hydra
, and
Coral
.]
(Zool.)
A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See
Millepora
.