polyp

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑlɪp/

The English word “polyp” has 3 meanings listed here.

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.
An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

Etymology

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, from πολύς (polús, “many”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)). Doublet of polypus.

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