obeliaEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishobelia /əʊˈbiːliə / ▸ noun Zoology a sedentary colonial coelenterate with upright branching stems bearing minute cups in which the polyps sit. Genus Obelia, class Hydrozoa. – ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek obelos ‘pointed pillar’.
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