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語源

From Latin polypus (“a polyp, a polypus in the nose”), from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous, from πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”)). Doublet of polypus.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈpɑlɪp/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɒlɪp/
• 韻: -ɒlɪp
• ハイフネーション: pol‧yp

名詞

polyp (plural polyps)

1. (zoology) 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.
2. (medicine) An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

派生語

関連する語

• polypian
• polyposis

Further reading

• “polyp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “polyp”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “polyp”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

アナグラム

• loppy