polypary
noun
the common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, as corals.
polyparies
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pluralof polypary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Graptolite polyparies vary considerably in size: the majority range from 1 in. to about 6 in. in length; few examples have been met with having a length or more than 30 in.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various
This valuable substance often merges with other polyparies, forming compact, hopelessly tangled units known as "macciota," and I noted some wonderful pink samples of this coral.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
Graptolite, grap′to-līt, n. one of a group of fossil hydrozoa, having simple or branched polyparies, usually strengthened by a horny-like rod—the 'solid axis.'
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
These polyparies were sticking to rocks, shells of mollusks, and even the stalks of water plants.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
