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Polyp

Polyp Meaning & Definition
Polyp Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Polyp?

[n] one of two forms that coelenterates take e.g. a hydra or coral: usually sedentary and has a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
[n] a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

Synonyms | Synonyms for Polyp: polypus

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See Also | adenomatous polyp | Cnidaria | cnidarian | Coelenterata | coelenterate | growth | pedunculated polyp | phylum Cnidaria | phylum Coelenterata | sessile polyp

Polyp In Webster's Dictionary

\Pol"yp\, n. [L. polypus, Gr. ?, ?, literally, many-footed; poly`s many + ?, ?, foot: cf. F. polype. See {Poly-} and {Foot}, and cf. {Polypode}, {Polypody}, {Poulp}.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral. (b) One of the Anthozoa. (c) pl. Same as {Anthozoa}. See {Anthozoa}, {Madreporaria}, {Hydroid}. [Written also {polype}.] {Fresh-water polyp}, the hydra. {Polyp stem} (Zo["o]l.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.

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