polypoid
Americanadjective
adjective
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of, relating to, or resembling a polyp
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(of a coelenterate) having the body in the form of a polyp
Etymology
Origin of polypoid
Example Sentences
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Anthozoans remain polypoid throughout their lives and can reproduce asexually by budding or fragmentation, or sexually by producing gametes.
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Animals in this class are polymorphs, and most exhibit both polypoid and medusoid forms in their life cycle, although this is variable.
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Cubozoans exist in a polypoid form that develops from a planula larva.
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Fungations and polypoid protuberances afford safe opportunities for the removal of specimens of tissue.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
So again, Dr. Strethill Wright remarks, "In the life-history of the Hydroidae any phase, planuloid, polypoid, or medusoid, may be absent."
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin
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