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
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"in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase"
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