polypifern.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪpᵻfə/, U.S.

/pəˈlɪpəfər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: polyp n., -ifer comb. form.

Etymology: < polyp n. + -ifer comb. form. Compare scientific Latin Polypifera , former division name ( R. E. Grant Outl. Course Lect. Structure Classification Animals (1833) 25). Compare earlier polypary n. and polypiferous adj.

Zoology.

Originally: †a polyparium (obsolete). Later: a colonial organism formed of polyps; esp. a reef-forming coral.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [noun] > structure of colony

polypary1753

polypifer1822

polypidom1824

polyp-bearer1846

polyp-stem1862

polyp-tree1868

zoarium1880

1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 61 A free, carnose, tuberiform polypifer.

1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 140 Large masses, supposed to be the work of myriads of polypifers.

1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xlix. 613 The stone-making polypifers grow most luxuriantly on the outer edge of the island.

1988 New Yorker 25 July 63/1 The..law of ‘consume and be consumed’ holds good even with the polypifers forming those massive bulwarks.

1994 R. Gunesekera Reef (1998) 24 Nobody can count how many polypifers surround us in the sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polypifer
释义	polypifern. Brit. /pəˈlɪpᵻfə/, U.S. /pəˈlɪpəfər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: polyp n., -ifer comb. form. Etymology: < polyp n. + -ifer comb. form. Compare scientific Latin Polypifera , former division name ( R. E. Grant Outl. Course Lect. Structure Classification Animals (1833) 25). Compare earlier polypary n. and polypiferous adj. Zoology. Originally: †a polyparium (obsolete). Later: a colonial organism formed of polyps; esp. a reef-forming coral. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [noun] > structure of colony polypary1753 polypifer1822 polypidom1824 polyp-bearer1846 polyp-stem1862 polyp-tree1868 zoarium1880 1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 61 A free, carnose, tuberiform polypifer. 1831 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. ii. 140 Large masses, supposed to be the work of myriads of polypifers. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xlix. 613 The stone-making polypifers grow most luxuriantly on the outer edge of the island. 1988 New Yorker 25 July 63/1 The..law of ‘consume and be consumed’ holds good even with the polypifers forming those massive bulwarks. 1994 R. Gunesekera Reef (1998) 24 Nobody can count how many polypifers surround us in the sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822
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