polyp
Plural: polyps
Noun
- a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
- 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
- "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase"
- An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.
- A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.
- A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.
- The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)). Doublet of polypus.
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 12
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Words With Friends Score: 14
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