polypite Meaning, Definition & Usage
Pol"y*pite noun
Definitions
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(Zoöl.) (a) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian .(b) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa. -
(Paleon.) A fossil coral.