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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POLYPITE
n.
Fossil
polype.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POLYPITE
POLYPITE
Pol
"y *pite, n.
1. (Zoöl.) (a )
One
of
the
feeding
zooids,
or
polyps,
of
a
coral,
hydroid,
or
siphonophore;
a
hydranth.
See
Illust.
of
Campanularian.
(b )
Sometimes,
the
manubrium
of
a
hydroid
medusa.
2. (Paleon.)
Defn: A
fossil
coral.
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