noun.
Any of various cnidarians of the class Hydrozoa, including the hydras, hydroids, and siphonophores, which exhibit alternation of generations between the polyp and medusa stage or exist in only one or the other stage.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to the Hydrozoa; resembling the Hydrozoa, or having their characters.
noun.
One of the Hydrozoa, as an acaleph, medusan, or jelly-fish.