Polyp

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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one of two forms that coelenterates such as hydra or corals take: usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth

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Senses

1 more sense beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

4 surface forms

synonym: polypus
plural: Polyps
possessive: Polyp's
pluralpossessive: Polyps'

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