SERTULARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sertularia mean? 

• SERTULARIA (noun)
  The noun SERTULARIA has 1 sense:

1. sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies

  Familiarity information: SERTULARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERTULARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sertularia; Sertularia

Hypernyms ("Sertularia" is a kind of...):

coelenterate genus (a genus of coelenterates)

Meronyms (members of "Sertularia"):

sertularian (feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps)

Holonyms ("Sertularia" is a member of...):

class Hydrozoa; Hydrozoa (coelenterates typically having alternation of generations; hydroid phase is usually colonial giving rise to the medusoid phase by budding: hydras and jellyfishes)