polyparium
/ˌpɒlɪˈpɛːrɪəm/Zoology
noun
The common stem or supporting structure of a colonial cnidarian (or other colonial invertebrate), to which the individual polyps are attached. Formerly also: †a colonial cnidarian (obsolete ).
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The Penny Cyclopaedia. From polyp + -arium.
- stoutness
- Stout, Rex
- stove
- stoved
- stove enamel
- stovepipe
- stovepipe hat
- stovetop
- stovies
- stow
- stowage
- stow away
- stowaway
- Stowe, Harriet Beecher
- stow it!
- STP
- St Patrick's cabbage
- St Patrick's Purgatory
- St Paul
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- St Paul's Epistle to the Galatians
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