a. and sb. Zool. [f. mod.L. Lucernaria (see below), f. lucerna lamp.] A. adj. Belonging to the genus Lucernaria typical of the family Lucernariidæ of hydrozoa. B. sb. A hydrozoan of this genus or family.
1854. A. Adams, etc., Man. Nat. Hist., 355. Lucernarians.
So Lucernarid, Lucernaridan a., pertaining to the Lucernarida, a sub-class of hydrozoa; sb. a member of the Lucernarida. Lucernaroid, the reproductive zooid of any of the Lucernarida.
1861. J. R. Greene, Man. Anim. Kingd., Cœlent., 123. A fixed and sexless ‘Lucernaroid.’ Ibid. The developmental cycle of each Lucernarid.
1870. Nicholson, Zool., I. 90. The Hydra-tuba thus constitutes the fixed ‘Lucernaroid,’ or the ‘trophosome’ of one of the Rhizostomidæ.
