Polyp vs Oyster - What's the difference?
polyp | oyster |
(medicine) an abnormal growth protruding from a mucous membrane
(biology) a cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles
Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.
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The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
A pale beige color tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.
(colloquial, by analogy) A person who keeps secrets.
As nouns the difference between polyp and oyster
is that polyp is polyp while oyster is any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family ostreidae (the true oysters), usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers.As an adjective oyster is
of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster.As a verb oyster is
to fish for oysters.polyp
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(en noun)Derived terms
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* * * ----oyster
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Alternative forms
* oystre (obsolete) * erster (New York City and New Orleans)Noun
(en noun)page 344,
- He was a bold man that first ate an oyster .