Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun polyp

2 senses of polyp

Sense 1
polyp, polypus -- (a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane)
       => growth -- ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))

Sense 2
polyp -- (one of two forms that coelenterates take (e.g. a hydra or coral): usually sedentary with a hollow cylindrical body usually with a ring of tentacles around the mouth; "in some species of coelenterate, polyps are a phase in the life cycle that alternates with a medusoid phase")
       => coelenterate, cnidarian -- (radially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms)