polyp, n.
(polyps)
(polyps)
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
<noun.animal>
polyp
sample sentences
"in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase"
semantic pointers
member holonym
hypernym
a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
<noun.state>
polyp polypus