Zool. [f. mod.L. Corynidæ, f. Coryne, generic name of a Hydromedusa, a. Gr. κορύνη club.] A member of the family Corynidæ of the order Hydroidea of Cœlenterates.
1870. Nicholson, Zool., lviii. 73. The … elements of generation … by the union of which the young Corynid is produced.
