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1. (n.) polyp
the cylindrical body form in the life cycle of a jellyfish, sea anemone, or other cnidarian, having stinging tentacles around the mouth and usu. having the opposite end attached to a surface.
2. polyp
the individual zooid of a colonial organism, as the bryozoan.
3. polyp
a projecting growth from a mucous surface, as of the nose, being either a tumor or a hypertrophy of the mucous membrane.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME polip, short for polipus nasal tumor < ML, L pōlypus < dial. Gk poulýpous octopus, nasal tumor (Attic polýpous, gen. polýpodos; see poly -, -pod ))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) polyp, polypus
a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
2. (noun) polyp
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Polyp
one of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral
2. (noun) Polyp
one of the Anthozoa
3. (noun) Polyp
same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid
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