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polyp

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polyp  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  polyp 
  n  1:  a  small  vascular  growth  on  the  surface  of  a  mucous  membrane 
  [syn:  {polypus}] 
  2:  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




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