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

And Epicharmus, in his Hebe's Wedding, says— The polypus, likewise the cuttle-fish, And the swift-moving squid.

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

The doctors called it "indolent tumor—most probably polypus."

From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick

Ion the tragedian also mentions the polypus, in his Phœnix, saying— I hate the colour-changing polypus, Clinging with bloodless feelers to the rocks.

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

Eupolis, in his Demi, has— The man's a fellow-citizen of mine, A very polypus in disposition.

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