Polyp — meaning in English

English meaning

• cobbler noun A person who repairs or makes shoes.
• polyp noun A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.

Senses

Polyp is used for these senses in English:

• adenoid (symptom) an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphatic tissue at the back of the pharynx, often obstructing the nasal and ear passages and hindering speaking and breathing in young children.
• cobbler (usually, in the plural, slang) A police officer.

cobbler — full definition

1. noun A person who repairs or makes shoes.
2. noun A fruit dessert with a thick, biscuit-like or cake-like topping baked over the fruit.
3. noun An iced alcoholic drink made with spirits or wine, sugar, and citrus.

polyp — full definition

1. noun A cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.
2. noun The sessile life stage of many cnidarians, whose free-swimming stage, if present, is the medusa.
3. noun An abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane.

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