What is the meaning of Polyp?

An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.

  1. The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.

The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.

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