polypus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of polypus
C16: via Latin from Greek: polyp
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He died of a polypus in the heart in July, 1749.
From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Robert Williams
It is only possible when the cavity is dilated, either after pregnancy or by a polypus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
But Hegemon, in his Philinna, introduces men eating the roe fried, saying— Go quickly, buy of them that polypus, And fry the roe, and give it us to eat.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
They say, also, that the polypus, when it is in want of food, will eat even itself.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
The polypus, the squid, and orphus, The tench, th' anchovy, and the cestres, And last of all the needle-fish.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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