Definitions for: Polyp

[n] 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
[n] a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: polypus

See Also: adenomatous polyp, Cnidaria, cnidarian, Coelenterata, coelenterate, growth, pedunculated polyp, phylum Cnidaria, phylum Coelenterata, sessile polyp

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