Definition of polyp

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Polyp (n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.

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Polypus :: Polypus (n.) Same as Polyp.
Polyphonist :: Polyphonist (n.) A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies..
Polypetalous :: Polypetalous (a.) Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant..
Polype :: Polype (n.) See Polyp.
Placophora :: Placophora (n. pl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covered by eight shelly plates. Called also Polyplacophora. See Illust. under Chiton, and Isopleura..
Polypragmaty :: Polypragmaty (n.) The state of being overbusy.
Polyphonism :: Polyphonism (n.) Polyphony.
Polypite :: Polypite (n.) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa..
Saxifraga :: Saxifraga (n.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage..
Coenenchyma :: Coenenchyma (n.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.
Calicle :: Calicle (n.) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian..
Nasopharyngeal :: Nasopharyngeal (a.) Of or pertaining to both throat and nose; as, a nasopharyngeal polypus..
Polypragmatical :: Polypragmatical (a.) Overbusy; officious.
Stere :: Sterculiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order..
Poppy :: Poppy (n.) Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule..
Polypodium :: Polypodium (n.) A genus of plants of the order Filices or ferns. The fructifications are in uncovered roundish points, called sori, scattered over the inferior surface of the frond or leaf. There are numerous species..
Motet :: Motet (n.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
Polypary :: Polypary (n.) Same as Polypidom.
Polyphagous :: Polyphagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals..
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