polypiferous, a. Zool.
(pɒlɪˈpɪfərəs)
[f. mod.L. polypifer, f. polypus + -fer bearing (in Polypifera, a former division of Invertebrates) + -ous.]
Bearing polyps, as a polyp-stock or polypary.
| 1775 Ellis in Phil. Trans. LXVI. 6 He thinks that there is a communication of juices from the polypiferous pores on the cortical part to the inside or horny part. 1828 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. II. 422 For a long period these polypiferous masses were conceived to be marine plants. 1875 C. C. Blake Zool. 334 In Cristatella the polypary is free, disciform, and polypiferous on the margin. |