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Polypite logo #21002• (n.) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa. • (n.) A fossil coral. • (n.) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.
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Polypite

Polypite logo #20972Pol'y·pite noun 1. (Zoology) (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. 2. (Paleon.) A fossil coral.
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