sertularian

[ sur-choo-lair-ee-uhn ]

noun

, Zoology.

1. a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.

sertularian

/ ˌsɜːtjʊˈlɛərɪən /

noun

1. any of various hydroid coelenterates of the genus Sertularia, forming feathery colonies of long branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps

Word History and Origins

Origin of sertularian¹

1840–50; < New Latin Sertulari ( a ) genus name ( Latin sertul ( a ), diminutive of serta wreath + -āria -aria ) + -an

Word History and Origins

Origin of sertularian¹

C18: from New Latin Sertulāria, from Latin sertula diminutive of serta a garland

Example Sentences

This fossil, referred, though somewhat doubtfully, to a form of hydrozoid or sertularian polyp, has not yet been met with in strata above the Silurian.

From Project Gutenberg

About six species of Graptolite, a peculiar group of sertularian fossils before alluded to as being confined to Silurian rocks, occur in this shale.

From Project Gutenberg