Definition of Polyp

Noun: polyp  pó-lip

1. A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
   - polypus
    
2. One of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth
   "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase"

See also:
polyose
polyparia

Anagrams containing the word polyp

ppylo ppoly yppol lyppo olypp