单词 | polypite |
释义 | polypiten.ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Polypite, fossil polype. 2. Zoology. An individual organism of a colonial cnidarian; a polyp. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > colony or compound organism > [noun] > polyp or zooid of colony zooid1851 anthozooid1858 polypite1859 polyp1888 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > zooid polyp fish?1605 polypus-fish1607 polypus1742 polypide1850 polypite1859 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of > individual of compound bryozoon1841 polypide1850 polypite1859 polyzoonite1871 1859 T. H. Huxley Oceanic Hydrozoa 18 In the Rhizostomidæ, a complex tree-like mass, whose branches, the stomatodendra, end in, and are covered with, minute polypites..is suspended from the middle of the umbrella. 1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 372 Hydrozoa..A branched, composite hydrosoma, carrying many polypites. 1891 Cent. Dict. Umbellularia,..a genus of deep-sea alcyonarian polyps, having the polypites clustered in an umbel on top of the polypidom. 1950 R. W. Miner Field Bk. Seashore Life iii. 109 The individuals of such a colony are known as polypites, as contrasted to the single polyps in other species. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1828 |
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