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Polyp

Pol′yp

,
Noun.
[L.
polypus
, Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], literally, many-footed;
πολύσ
many + [GREEK], [GREEK], foot: cf. F.
polype
. See
Poly-
and
Foot
, and cf.
Polypode
,
Polypody
,
Poulp
.]
(Zool.)
(a)
One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
(b)
One of the Anthozoa.
(c)
pl.
[Written also
polype
.]
Fresh-water polyp
,
the hydra.
Polyp stem
(Zool.)
,
that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.

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Polyp

Polyp

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German

Noun

Polyp m (genitive Polypen, plural Polypen)

  1. polyp
  2. (derogative) policeman

polyp

polyp

See also: Polyp

English

Noun

polyp (plural polyps)

  1. (medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
  2. (zoology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles

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Czech

Noun

polyp m

  1. polyp (biology)
  2. polyp (medicine)