I'm afraid I have a polyp in my nose.
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Polyp
//ˈpɑlɪp//
Synonyms for "polyp" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
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2 entriesderived
16 entrieshas context
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8 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- полип noun (growth)
- полип noun (coelenterate)
- полип noun (the sessile life stage of a coelenterate)
Catalan
2 entries- pòlip noun (growth)
- pòlip noun (coelenterate)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 息肉 noun (growth)
Czech
2 entries- polyp noun (growth)
- polyp noun (coelenterate)
Dutch
2 entries- poliep noun (growth)
- poliep noun (coelenterate)
Esperanto
1 entries- polipo noun (growth)
Finnish
2 entries- polyyppi noun (growth)
- polyyppi noun (coelenterate)
French
2 entries- polype noun (growth)
- polype noun (coelenterate)
German
2 entries- Polyp noun (growth)
- Polyp noun (coelenterate)
Greek
1 entries- πολύποδας noun (coelenterate)
Hungarian
1 entries- polip noun (coelenterate)
Icelandic
2 entries- holsepi noun (coelenterate)
- sepi noun (growth)
Italian
2 entries- polipo noun (growth)
- polipo noun (coelenterate)
Japanese
2 entries- ポリプ noun (growth)
- ポリープ noun (growth)
Portuguese
2 entries- pólipo noun (growth)
- pólipo noun (coelenterate)
Russian
2 entries- поли́п noun (growth)
- поли́п noun (coelenterate)
Slovene
1 entries- políp noun (growth)
Spanish
2 entries- pólipo noun (growth)
- pólipo noun (coelenterate)
Swedish
2 entries- polyp noun (growth)
- polyp noun (coelenterate)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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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