Word "POLYP" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
Synonyms:
polypus

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
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
Examples:
in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase

Crossword Clues for POLYP

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Small vascular growth (5)
Father holding ends of lovely marine creature (5) Puzzler Cryptic 13 May 2025
Tissue growth
Sound from body of water to the west containing unknown tentacled beast (5)
Sort of tumour (5)
Sea anemone, eg (5) Universal 04 Apr 2025
Coral organism, sea ...
Coral component Universal 04 Dec 2024
One of the two forms a cnidarian such as a sea anemone or coral can take, the other being medusa (5)
Sea anemone, say, of multiple power (5)
Tumour found in roly-poly pudding (5)
Sedentary form taken by sea anemones and jellyfish The Times Concise 24 Sep 2024
Small growth of mucous membrane. (5)
Individual coral organism New York Times 06 Aug 2024
Small growth in small college park (5)
Pedunculated tumour (5)
Coral producer LA Times Daily 04 Jun 2024
Marine creature having a bit of monopoly prospered (5)
Old college opening place of tissue growth (5) Puzzler Cryptic 26 May 2024
Projecting growth
Growth in college once with minimum of pressure (5)
Possible discovery during a nasal endoscopy
Old college opening place of tissue growth (5) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Apr 2024
Quickly go round leaky ends of sea creature (5)
Sea creature in a game of monopoly, perhaps! (5)
Coral organism
Anemone, e.g.
Nip around lively ends of sea anemone (5) Puzzler Cryptic 24 Feb 2024
Individual sea anemone or coral (5)
A small growth, usually benign, protruding from a membrane (5)
It's kind of loppy with a lot of arms (5)
Sea creature related to jellyfish (5)
Recalled case of patchy crop growth The Times Cryptic 20 Dec 2023
Coral component Universal 25 Aug 2023
Small growth in Monopoly players The Telegraph Cryptic 21 Aug 2023
Small growth protruding from a mucous membrane The Guardian Quick 24 Apr 2023
Coral reef producer New York Times 09 Jan 2023
Growth of college power
Growth of college power The Guardian Cryptic 07 Oct 2022
Coral colony component Wall Street Journal 02 Jul 2022
Growth of old academic institution, beginning again The Times Cryptic 28 Mar 2022
Cyst The Guardian Quick 17 Jan 2022
Coral colony member Premier Sunday 26 Dec 2021
Growth in borders of poppy crop returned
Small growth The Times Concise 08 Oct 2021
Sea anemone, e.g The Washington Post 18 Jul 2021
Sea anemone, e.g LA Times Daily 18 Jul 2021
Coral colony member Wall Street Journal 17 Jul 2021
Growth of power with steel tower mostly erected
An animal in the aquatic phylum Cnidaria is a medusa or a ____ The Times Specialist Sunday 06 Jun 2021
Coral component New York Times 17 Feb 2021
Coral component LA Times Daily 30 Aug 2020
Coral component The Washington Post 30 Aug 2020
  It could be a sea anemone, parrot said softly
Party leader pursues old edu­cational institution's growth
Reef dweller LA Times Daily 29 Mar 2020
Reef dweller The Washington Post 29 Mar 2020
Coral component The Sun Two Speed 21 Nov 2019
Ploy devised by quiet sea creature The Sun Two Speed 21 Nov 2019
Small growth The Telegraph Quick 19 Oct 2019
Small growth The Times Concise 19 Sep 2019
Sea anemone, say Universal 09 Sep 2019
Sea anemone
Sea anemone, say
Coral maker Universal 01 Sep 2018
Sea creature with nematocysts The Washington Post Sunday 27 May 2018
61-Down producer Premier Sunday 21 Jan 2018
Coral maker
Coral producer Wall Street Journal 07 Oct 2017
Coral component, or a target of minor surgery
Reef component The Chronicle of Higher Education 01 Sep 2017
Old British teaching college to post growth Irish Times Crosaire 15 Jul 2017
Sea creature with tentacles Universal 19 Jun 2017
Tentacled creature The Washington Post 16 Jun 2017
Tentacled creature LA Times Daily 16 Jun 2017
Pressure put on old college showing little growth
Reef component
Coral component
Sea creature with tentacles
Tentacled creature
Tentacled creature USA Today 08 Mar 2016
Sea anemone, e.g Universal 09 Jan 2016
Sea anemone, e.g.
Coral colony member USA Today 12 Nov 2015
Growth allows old-style educational institution to gain power The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Oct 2015
Coral producer Eugene Sheffer 23 Oct 2015
Coral creator Universal 08 Mar 2015
Coral creator
Tentacled creature
Coral colony member
Coral colony member
Sea anemone
Coral producer
Coral colony component
Coral element
Coral producer
Target of minor surgery
Sea anemone, e.g.
Medusa relative
Medusa relative
Coral reef creature
Component of 20-Across
Tentacled animal
Tentacled animal
Coral maker
Coral colony member
Tentacled resident of a coral reef
Coral component
Sea anemone, e.g.
Sea anemone, e.g.
Sea anemone, e.g.
Tentacled creature
Coral reef creature
Tentacled creature
Colonoscopy find
Coral creator
Coral producer
Sea anemone, for example
Coral producer
Coral colony member
Sea anemone, for one
Colonoscopy detection
Hydra, for one
Sea anemone, e.g.
Hydra or coral
Surgery target
Coral producer
Sea anemone, e.g.
Hydra, e.g.
Tentacled creature
Growth
Hydra, for one
Hydra, for one
Tentacled animal
Growth
Medusa
Hydra, e.g.
Nodule
Sea anemone or hydra
Sea anemone
Tentacled animal
Coral, e.g.
Hydra or sea anemone
Tiny sea creature
Small sea creature
Benchley sex-life subject
Benchley wrote of its sex life
Coral animal.
Coral.
Water animal.
Surgeon's problem
Flowerlike water animal.
Simple sea creature.
Sea anemone.
Marine organism.
Small water animal.
Colonoscopy discovery (great)
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