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Polyp : (noun)
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
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Polyp : Polyp: A mass of tissue that develops on the inside wall of a hollow organ, such as in the colon.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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