polypite

polypite

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English polyp
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der.
Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der.
Latin -ītēsbor.
French -iteder.
English -ite
English polypite

    From polyp + -ite.

    Noun

    polypite (plural polypites)

    1. (rare) A fossil polyp
    2. (rare) An individual polyp of a colonial cnidarian
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