polyp

名词 n.
/ˈpɒlɪp/    /ˈpɑlɪp/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.
  2. A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.; The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.
  3. An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

词形变化

polyps plural

词源

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.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary