polyp
pol.yp \'pa:l-*p\ \'pa:l-*-.po.id\ n [MF polype octopus, nasal tumor, fr. L polypus, fr. Gk polypous)X, fr. poly- + pous foot - more at FOOT 1: a coelenterate having typically a hollow cylindrical body closed and att ached at one end and opening at the other by a central mouth surrounded by tentacles armed with nematocysts 2: a projecting mass of swollen and hypertrophied or tumorous membrane - pol.yp.oid aj