I'm afraid I have a polyp in my nose.
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Polyp
/ˈpɑlɪp/
Synonyms for "polyp" (80 found)
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Noun(3 words)
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6 entriescolorectal polypcoral polyphydra polypnasal polypsea anemone polyputerine polyp
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6 entriesInflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- полип noun (coelenterate)
Catalan
1 entries- pòlip noun (coelenterate)
Czech
1 entries- polyp noun (coelenterate)
Dutch
1 entries- poliep noun (coelenterate)
Finnish
1 entries- polyyppi noun (coelenterate)
French
1 entries- polype noun (coelenterate)
German
1 entries- Polyp noun (coelenterate)
Greek
1 entries- πολύποδας noun (coelenterate)
Hungarian
1 entries- polip noun (coelenterate)
Icelandic
1 entries- holsepi noun (coelenterate)
Italian
1 entries- polipo noun (coelenterate)
Portuguese
1 entries- pólipo noun (coelenterate)
Russian
1 entries- поли́п noun (coelenterate)
Spanish
1 entries- pólipo noun (coelenterate)
Swedish
1 entries- polyp noun (coelenterate)
Sample sentences
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Most structures that we call "coral" are, in fact, made up of hundreds to thousands of tiny coral creatures called polyps. Each soft-bodied polyp—most no thicker than a nickel—secretes a hard outer skeleton of limestone (calcium carbonate) that attaches either to rock or the dead skeletons of other polyps.
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In the case of stony or hard corals, these polyp conglomerates grow, die, and endlessly repeat the cycle over time, slowly laying the limestone foundation for coral reefs and giving shape to the familiar corals that reside there. Because of this cycle of growth, death, and regeneration among individual polyps, many coral colonies can live for a very long time.
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