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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