\Pol"y*pite\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
   (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.
2. (Paleon.) A fossil coral.