Thesaurus: polyp

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1. n. One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
2. n. One of the Anthozoa.
3. n. Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid.
4. n. a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
5. 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
6. n:100 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