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polypite|ˈpɒlɪpaɪt|
[f. L. polyp-us polyp + -ite1.]
1. Palæont. A fossil polyp. (Webster 1828.)
2. Zool. An individual or zooid of a compound polyp, esp. of a cœlenterate. (Cf. polyp 1 c, polypide.) Also sometimes applied to a free polyp, as a Hydra.
1867Murchison Siluria App. (ed. 4) 539 Common cœnosarc continuous with the polypites. 1875C. C. Blake Zool. 372 Hydrozoa..A branched, composite hydrosoma, carrying many polypites. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 133 A hydranth or polypite attached to the centre of a gelatinous contractile swimming disk. |