transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpä-ləp ]
noun
Etymology: French polype octopus, nasal polyp, from Old French polipe , from Latin polypus, from Greek polypous, from poly- + pous foot — more at foot
Date: 1742
1. : a coelenterate (as a coral) that has typically a hollow cylindrical body closed and attached at one end and opening at the other by a central mouth surrounded by tentacles armed with nematocysts
2. : a growth projecting from a mucous membrane (as of the colon or vocal cords)
• pol·yp·oid -lə-ˌpȯid adjective