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单词 polypite
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polypiten.

Brit. /ˈpɒlᵻpʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɑləˌpaɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polyp n., -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < polyp n. + -ite suffix1. Compare French †polypite (1791 in sense 1).In sense 2 probably coined by T. H. Huxley (compare quot. 1859 at sense 2).
1. Palaeontology. A fossil polyp. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Polypite, fossil polype.
2. Zoology. An individual organism of a colonial cnidarian; a polyp. Now rare.
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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).
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