First Known Use: circa 1864
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1hydroid
adjective hy·droid \ˈhī-ˌdrȯid\
Definition of HYDROID
: of or relating to a hydrozoan; especially : resembling a typical hydra
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Origin of HYDROID
ultimately from New Latin Hydra
Rhymes with HYDROID
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid, conoid, crinoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid, dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid, fibroid, fungoid, ganoid, globoid, hypnoid, keloid, mastoid, mucoid, ovoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid, rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid, sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid, tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid, toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid, viroid
2hydroid
noun
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First Known Use of HYDROID
1865
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