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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pŏl'y-pa-ry, n.

noun

n. [N. Lat. polyparium, from Lat. polypus. See supra, and cf. POLYPIER.] Coral; — so called because formed by polyps. Dana.

An illustration of a broad, rounded coral colony with a smaller section shown in cross-section.
Polypary (Astrea rotulosa).