polypus

British  

/ ˈpɒlɪpəs /

noun

1. pathol another word for polyp

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Etymology

Origin of polypus

C16: via Latin from Greek: _polyp

Example Sentences

But the fish called the nautilus," says Aristotle, "is not a polypus, though it resembles a polypus in its feelers.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

But Antiphanes calls a dish βατάνιον, in his Euthydicus— Then came a polypus all cut in pieces, And boiled ἐν βατανίοισιν.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Chronic inversions are generally due to the weight of a polypus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various

But concerning the boiling of the small polypus, Alexis, in his Wicked Woman, introduces a cook speaking as follows— Now these three cuttle-fish I have just bought For one small drachma.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

Epicharmus, in his Hebe's Wedding, says— A polypus, a cuttle-fish, and quickly-moving squid, A foul-smelling bolbitine, and chattering old woman.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us