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Meaning of 'polyp' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Polyp [ n.]
- One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
- One of the Anthozoa.
- Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid.

Meaning of 'polyp' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . polyp [ n]
Meaning (1):
- 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
Example in sentence:
  • in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase

Nearby Words:

polacca polack polacre polander polar polarchy polaric polarily polarimeter polarimetry

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