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Polyp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Polyp has 2 senses
- polyp(n = noun.state) polypus - a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane; Array is a kind of growth
- polyp(n = noun.animal) Array - one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase" is a member of cnidaria, coelenterata, phylum cnidaria, phylum coelenterata
has particulars: adenomatous polyp, sessile polyp, pedunculated polyp
is a kind of cnidarian, coelenterate
CIDE DICTIONARY
Polyp, n. [L. polypus, Gr. , , literally, many-footed; poly`s many + , , foot: cf. F. polype. See Poly- and Foot, and cf. Polypode, Polypody, Poulp.].
One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Polyp, n.
1 Zool. an individual coelenterate.
2 Med. a small usu. benign growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
1 Zool. an individual coelenterate.
2 Med. a small usu. benign growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
Etymology
F polype (as POLYPUS)
THESAURUS
Polyp
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