POLYPIFERA
Pol`y*pif"e*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Anthozoa.
POLYPIFEROUS
Pol*y*pif"er*ous, a. Etym: [Polypus + -ferous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Bearing polyps, or polypites.
POLYPIPAROUS
Pol`y*pip"a*rous, a. Etym: [Polypus + L. parere to produce.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Producing polyps.
POLYPITE
Pol"y*pite, n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian. (b) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.
2. (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil coral.