Definition of Polypide

1. n. One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa.

Definition of Polypide

1. Noun. The internal contents of a bryozoan; includes the digestive and muscular systems ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polypide

1. a polyp [n -S] - See also: polyp

Medical Definition of Polypide

1. One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa. [Spellt also polypid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypide

polyphosphorylase
polyphrasia
polyphthalocyanine
polyphthalocyanines
polyphyletic
polyphyletic theory
polyphyletism
polyphyllin
polyphyllous
polyphyly
polyphyodont
polyphyodonty
polypi
polypiarian
polypiarians
polypide (current term)
polypides
polypidom
polypidoms
polypier
polypiers
polypifer
polypifera
polypiferas
polypiferous
polypifers
polypiform
polypigerous
polypill
polypills

Literary usage of Polypide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book of the Embryology of Invertebrates by Eugen Korschelt, Karl Heider, Edward Laurens Mark, William McMichael Woodworth, Matilda Bernard, Martin Fountain Woodward (1899)
"We must now describe more in detail the development of the polypide, ie, of the retractile cephalic section of the animal plus the intestinal canal appended ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"19, 20, 21), from which the first polypide of a colony is developed by an extraordinary and unexplained series of changes. The Grym- iioh-m. ..."

3. A Text-book of Invertebrate Morphology by James Playfair McMurrich (1896)
"116, 66) ; in others the brown body may be seen without any distinct polypide. This body is the result of the degeneration of the digestive tract and other ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This gives to that portion of the body of the polypide which lies beyond the spout a mobility and capacity for folding and pleating which is entirely denied ..."

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