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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πούς (poús, “foot”).
Noun[edit]
polyp (plural polyps)
- (medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
- (zoology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles
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Translations[edit]
growth
coelenterate
Further reading[edit]
- polyp in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- polyp in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- polyp at OneLook Dictionary Search
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