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polypidom Zool.|pəˈlɪpɪdəm, ˈpɒlɪpɪdəm|
[f. L. polyp-us polyp + domus, Gr. δόµος house.]
The common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, regarded as the dwelling-place of the individual zooids: = polypary.
1824tr. Lamouroux (title) Corallina; a Classical Arrangement of Flexible Coralline Polypidoms. 1838G. Johnston Brit. Zooph. 31 note, Polypidom. I borrow this term from the translator of Lamouroux's work on Corallines... Kirby..uses the word Polypary to express the same thing. Both of them are translations of Polypier, a word invented by Reaumur, and now in general use among the French naturalists. 1846Patterson Zool. 18 Their common habitat or ‘polypidom’ assumes a tree-like aspect. 1855Kingsley Glaucus (1878) App. 233. 1876 Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. iii. 67 The coral animalcule rears its polypidom. |