polyp 2

noundomain: animal
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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

  • 1.in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase

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