polypite

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   2. (Paleon.) A fossil coral.
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