hydriformadj.

/ˈhʌɪdrɪfɔːm/

Forms: Also hydraform.

Etymology: < Latin type *hydriformis : see hydra n. + -form comb. form².

Hydra-shaped.

1. Of the form of the Lernæan Hydra.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > complex

intricate?a1500

crabby1550

implicate1555

crabbed1561

intortive1575

implexeda1620

network1675

tortious1682

embarrassed1695

implex1712

wimpleda1722

wrapped1787

hydriform1822

torturous1841

sinuous1853

tortuous1858

involuteda1910

1822 New Monthly Mag. 5 110 Dividing their discourses into heads—Cerberean, Polypean, and Hydraform.

2. Having the form of the hydra polyp.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of class Hydrozoa > belonging to order Hydroidea > belonging to or resembling genus Hydra > having the form of hydra polyp

hydriform1847

1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §1044 The arms [of the Hydra] are destitute of cilia; and this is an important character, by which all the Polypes of the Hydra-form kind may be at once distinguished from those of a higher group.

1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 20/1 Polypes hydriform.

1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects iii. 49 Distinguished by the absence of a hydriform stage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	hydriform
释义	hydriformadj. /ˈhʌɪdrɪfɔːm/ Forms: Also hydraform. Etymology: < Latin type hydriformis : see hydra n. + -form comb. form². Hydra-shaped. 1. Of the form of the Lernæan Hydra. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > obscurity > [adjective] > complex intricate?a1500 crabby1550 implicate1555 crabbed1561 intortive1575 implexeda1620 network1675 tortious1682 embarrassed1695 implex1712 wimpleda1722 wrapped1787 hydriform1822 torturous1841 sinuous1853 tortuous1858 involuteda1910 1822 New Monthly Mag.* 5 110 Dividing their discourses into heads—Cerberean, Polypean, and Hydraform. 2. Having the form of the hydra polyp. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [adjective] > of class Hydrozoa > belonging to order Hydroidea > belonging to or resembling genus Hydra > having the form of hydra polyp hydriform1847 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. II. §1044 The arms [of the Hydra] are destitute of cilia; and this is an important character, by which all the Polypes of the Hydra-form kind may be at once distinguished from those of a higher group. 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 20/1 Polypes hydriform. 1874 J. Lubbock Orig. & Metamorphoses Insects iii. 49 Distinguished by the absence of a hydriform stage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1822
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