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| pol·yp [ póllip ] (plural pol·yps) |
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1. benign growth on body: a small stalk-shaped growth sticking out from the skin or from a mucous membrane. Polyps are usually benign, but some become malignant.
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2. sedentary stage of ocean invertebrate: a single-cavity sea invertebrate cnidarian in its sedentary stage that attaches to a rock at one end of its cylindrical body and has a tentacled mouth at the other end
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| [14th century. Via French polipe and Latin polypus< Greek polupous "octopus," literally "many-footed" < pous "foot"] |
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 pol·yp·oid adjective |
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