polypus

/ (ˈpɒlɪpəs) /

pathol another word for polyp (def. 2)

Word Origin for polypus

C16: via Latin from Greek: polyp

The loop is then tightened until it firmly grasps the neck of the polypus (Fig. 184).

A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) |Various
I mean go on with it in one piece, and don't hang on so many tails to it as to make it look like a polypus.

The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes |Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
It sounds as if she had a chronic cold or a polypus in her nose—by buther was a Greek.

The Duel |A. I. Kuprin
Fears of polypus distressed the patient, though I could not discover any.

New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers |Various

Vertigo and the Ice-Maiden seize on men as the polypus clutches at all within its reach.

The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. |Hans Christian Andersen

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