polypiern.
/ˈpɒlᵻpɪə/, U.S. /ˈpɑliˌpɪ(ə)r/, /ˈpɑləˌpɪ(ə)r/ Zoology. Now disused.
= polyparium n. Also: a distinct part of a polyparium to which an individual polyp is attached. Also figurative.
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polypier1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Polypier, the name given to the habitations of polypes, or to the common part of those compound animals called polypes. Dict. Nat. Hist. Cuvier.
1856 R. Knox tr. H. Milne-Edwards Man. Zool. §619. 486 Sometimes each polyp has a distinct polypier, but in general it is the common portion of a mass of aggregated polypi which presents the characters peculiar to these bodies.
1868 E. P. Wright Ocean World vi. 121 Their polypier is often formed of spiculæ.
1904 A. T. de Mattos tr. M. Maeterlinck Double Garden 85 All nations have the natural right to pass through this phase of the political evolution of the human polypier.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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