polyp
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~ a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
polyp
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~ one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase"
pedunculated polyp
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~ a polyp with a stalk or peduncle
polypectomy
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~ surgical removal of a polyp
Polypedates
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~ type genus of the Polypedatidae
Polypedatidae
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~ Old World tree frogs
polypeptide
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~ a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids
polyphemus moth
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~ very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees
polyphone
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~ a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
polyphonic letter
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~ a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
polyphonic music
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~ music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
polyphony
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~ music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
polyphosphate
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~ a salt or ester of polyphosphoric acid
polyphosphoric acid
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~ a series of oxyacids of phosphorus
Polyplacophora
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~ small class of marine mollusks comprising the chitons; sometimes considered an order of the subclass Amphineura
polyplacophore
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~ primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates
polyploid
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~ (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
polyploidy
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~ the condition of being polyploid
polypodiaceae
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~ ferns: a large family that in some classification systems has been subdivided into several families (including Aspleniaceae and Blechnaceae and Davalliaceae and Dennstaedtiaceae and Dryopteridaceae and Oleandraceae and Pteridaceae)