polyp or (obsolete) polype /polˈip/

1. An octopus or cuttlefish (obsolete)
2. Later extended to other animals with many arms or tentacles, esp coelenterates and Polyzoa
3. An individual of a colonial animal
4. A pedunculated tumour growing from mucous membrane (pathology)

polˈypary noun

The common supporting structure of a colony of polyps

polˈypide or polˈypite noun

A polyp of a colonial animal

polypˈidom noun

(Gr domos house) a polypary

polˈypine adjective

polˈypoid adjective (medicine)

Like a polypus

polypōˈsis noun

The presence or development of polyps

polˈypous adjective

Of the nature of a polyp

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