polypidoms

A number of such polypidoms growing close together form a coral reef.

Wonders of Creation Anonymous

This ever-increasing wave of coral polypidoms will one day shut against navigators the entrance to one part of the sea's tropical region; and lands not to be found on the map to-day will then lie stretched out under the sun, covered with plants and animals; and this in places where ships now plough the ocean.

The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854

That is one of the stony polypidoms I spoke of as stone trees found at the bottom of the sea, where it grows attached to the rocks in the form of a charming little shrub, stretching its red branches in all directions.

The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Jean Mac�� 1854