Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - polyp
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Polyp
polyp
noun Etymology: French ~e octopus, nasal ~, from Old French polipe, from Latin ~us, from Greek ~ous, from poly- + pous foot — more at foot Date: 1742 1. a coelenterate (as a coral) that has typically a hollow cylindrical body closed and attached at one end and opening at the other by a central mouth surrounded by tentacles armed with nematocysts 2. a growth projecting from a mucous membrane (as of the colon or vocal cords) • ~oid adjective
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n. 1 Zool. an individual coelenterate. 2 Med. a small usu. benign growth protruding from a mucous membrane. Etymology: F polype (as POLYPUS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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(polyps) 1. A polyp is a small unhealthy growth on a surface inside your body, especially inside your nose. N-COUNT 2. A polyp is a small animal that lives in the sea. It has a hollow body like a tube and long parts called tentacles around its mouth. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 a very simple sea animal that has a body like a tube 2 a small lump that grows inside someone's body and is caused by an illness ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., from L. polypus "cuttlefish," also "nasal tumor," from Gk. (Doric, Aeolic) polypos "octopus, cuttlefish," from polys "many" + pous "foot." Sense extended 18c. to hydras and sea anemones. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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