The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polyp \Pol"yp\, n. [L. polypus, Gr. ?, ?, literally, many-footed; poly`s many + ?, ?, foot: cf. F. polype. See Poly- and Foot, and cf. Polypode, Polypody, Poulp.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.
One of the Anthozoa.
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pl. Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid. [Written also polype.]
Fresh-water polyp, the hydra.
Polyp stem (Zo["o]l.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.
Usage examples of "fresh-water polyp".
A young Martian, there can now be no dispute, was really born upon earth during the war, and it was found attached to its parent, partially budded off, just as young lilybulbs bud off, or like the young animals in the fresh-water polyp.