Polyp

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane.

编辑:陌莉

• It seemed to shoot out arms of fire like a cuttle-fish, like a luminous polyp, palpitating strongly before her. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.

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