Hydra, for one Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Sunday, January 29, 2006 · 72-Across
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Sunday, January 29, 2006.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · January 29, 2006 · 72-Across · 5 letters
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one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase"
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