What's the difference between polypide and polypite?

Polypide


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa.

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  • (1) A second impulse was recorded from individual zooids, probably generated by the polypide's nervous system.

Polypite


Definition:

  • (n.) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian.
  • (n.) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.
  • (n.) A fossil coral.

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