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Definition of Polypite
1. n. One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.
Definition of Polypite
1. Noun. (rare) A fossil polyp ¹
2. Noun. (rare) An individual polyp of a colonial cnidarian ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polypite
1. a polyp of a colonial animal [n -S]
Medical Definition of Polypite
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypite
Literary usage of Polypite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1870)
"Two species. borne upon the body of the polypite. Umbrella, deep bell- shaped,
thick-walled, with clusters of thread-cells imbedded in its walls, ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"Ну dm destined to become detached and enjoy henceforth an independent existence.
Decapitation and Re-formation of successive polypite-heads. ..."
3. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"For instance, if the bell be pricked with a needle at this point (a), the polypite
immediately moves over and touches that point, as represented in the ..."
4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1864)
"Ovir account of the development of the polypite-bud in the ... species of Tubularia,
namely, the periodical shedding and renewal of the polypite-heads. ..."
5. A Treatise on Comparative Embryology by Francis Maitland Balfour (1885)
"In this type the greater part of the original ovum, instead of directly giving
rise to the polypite, becomes a kind of yolk-sack, from which the ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"The tentacle is jointed, very contractile, and historically differs in no respect
from the stem. Each tentacle can be drawn up to the base of its polypite, ..."
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