Polyp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A coelenterate, such as a hydra or coral, having a cylindrical body and an oral opening usually surrounded by tentacles.
  • n. A usually nonmalignant growth or tumor protruding from the mucous lining of an organ such as the nose, bladder, or intestine, often causing obstruction.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
  • n. a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
  • n. One of the Anthozoa.
  • n. Same as anthozoa. See anthozoa, madreporaria, hydroid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology, an animal with many feet or foot-like processes,
  • n. In pathology, same as polypus, 2.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
  • n. 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
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    coelenterate    cnidarian   
    Cross Reference
    funnel-like polyps    ascidian polyps   
    Variant
    polype    Anthozoa    anthozoa    Madreporaria    hydroid   
    Form
    polypoid   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abscess    hyperplasia    acini    invertebrate    epithelium   
     
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