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Polypi [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Polypi [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Polypide [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa.

Polypidom [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A coral, or corallum; also, one of the coral-like structure made by bryozoans and hydroids.

Polypier [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The name given to the habitations of polypes, or to the common part of those compound animals called polypes.

Polypier [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Polypifera [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Polypiferous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bearing polyps, or polypites.

Polypiparous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Producing polyps.

Polypite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Fossil polype.

Polypite [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.

2. Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.

3. A fossil coral.