polypus
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of polypus
C16: via Latin from Greek: polyp
Example Sentences
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Fears of polypus distressed the patient, though I could not discover any.
From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock
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
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
And in another place he has— They are the blows of a polypus press'd tight.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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