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soft-bodied adult form of a member of the Cnidaria (corals, jelly fish and sea anemones) which has a cylindrical body which is anchored down at one end. At the other end is a mouth, usually surrounded by grasping tentacles used for feeding. The young are often free-swimming medusoids. Jellyfish are free-swimming and remain in the medusoid form throughout their lives.
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| polyphyletic |
a taxon which has descendants from more than one ancestral taxon, or put another way, a group that consists of members that do not share a common ancestor, or a taxon that includes individuals that do not share a common ancestry. The taxon Reptilia is polyphyletic as well as paraphyletic because it includes the crocodiles.
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| polyploid |
an organism with more than two genomes.
Ãâó: www.csupomona.edu/~jcclark/classes/bio406/glossary...
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| polyploidy |
an organism with three or more complete chromosome sets eg triploid, tetraploid etc.
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| polyp |
A mass or outgrowth in the mucosa. Polyps in the colon may be benign or harbor malignant cells
Ãâó: cancernetwork.com/myths/colon/Col10.htm
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