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polyp

About 0.65 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles. The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.
  2. noun The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.
  3. noun An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

Similar words

polypus pseudopolyp polypifer protuberancy polypore papulopustule polypod excrescence polypier polypite

Often followed by

is and of in or with was may formation

Word family

polypoid polyps

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