'Polypite' definitions:

Definition of 'Polypite'

From: GCIDE
  • Polypite \Pol"y*pite\, n.
  • 1. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Paleon.) A fossil coral. [1913 Webster]