Definition of Polypide. Meaning of Polypide. Synonyms of Polypide

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Definition of Polypide

Polypide
Polypide Pol"y*pide, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa. [Spellt also polypid.]

Meaning of Polypide from wikipedia

- The polypide in bryozoans encomp****es most of the organs and tissues of each individual zooid. This includes the tentacles, tentacle sheath, U-shaped digestive...
- the exoskeleton, and a "polypide", which holds the organs. Zooids have no special excretory organs, and autozooids' polypides are s****ped when they become...
- ciliated tentacles, protrudes from the polypide to feed. When not feeding, the lophop**** retracts into the polypide through the tentacular sheath. The lophop****...
- of bryozoans. Étude sur la formation du polypide des bryozoaires, 1927 - Study on the formation of polypide in bryozoans. PDF Bibliographie dirigée des...
- has been modified to become a mandible. Strong muscles operate it. The polypide is greatly reduced, and the individual receives nourishment from neighboring...
- individual polypides. Each individual has a U-shaped gut, and no respiratory or circulatory system. Unique among bryozoans, cheilostome polypides are housed...
- whole frontal surface apart from the ****) when the zooid everts its polypide (feeding tentacles) by muscles pulling the frontal membrane inwards (non-ascophoran...
- Cristatella mucedo creeping over a stem of water weed; a) polypides with horseshoe-shaped crown of tentacles b) statoblasts seen through the tissues c)...
- the space below the inflexible frontal wall when the zooid everts its polypide (feeding tentacles) by muscles pulling the frontal membrane inwards (non-ascophorans...
- chitinous lid-like structure that protects the opening through which the polypide protrudes. Many species have modified the operculum in specialized zooids...