polypus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of polypus
C16: via Latin from Greek: polyp
Example Sentences
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Case I. A gentleman of sixty years of age, with nasal polypus only moderately developed, yet of many years' duration, was much troubled by the chronic nasal obstruction which was markedly worse in wet weather.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
And when they're very hungry, Then, like the polypus, they e'en at night Nibble their fingers.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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 eat, my friend, This cuttle-fish, and this small polypus.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
And the same Clearchus says that, in olden time, about Trœzen, it was considered impious to try to catch either the polypus, which was called sacred, or that one which was called the rower.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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