Defn: Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid. [Written also polype.] Fresh-water polyp, the hydra. — Polyp stem (Zoöl.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.
POLYPAROUS
Po*lyp"a*rous, a. Etym: [Poly- + L. parere to produce.]
Defn: Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
POLYPARY
Pol"y*pa*ry, n.; pl. Polyparies. Etym: [See Polyp.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Polypidom.
POLYPE
Pol"ype, n. Etym: [F.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Polyp.
POLYPEAN
Pol`y*pe"an, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps.
POLYPERYTHRIN
Pol`y*pe*ryth"rin, n. Etym: [Polyp + Gr. (Physiol. Chem.)