polypus

/ ˈpɒlɪpəs /

noun

1. pathol another word for polyp

Word History and Origins

Origin of polypus¹

C16: via Latin from Greek: polyp

Example Sentences

Tales of large squids attacking ships can be traced back to the age of the Vikings, and the ancient Roman philosopher and naturalist Pliny the Elder wrote 2,000 years ago of a "polypus" that was "enormous beyond all conception" and "exhaled a most dreadful stench."

From Salon

In the first century AD, Pliny the Elder wrote of a "polypus" that was "enormous beyond all conception" and "exhaled a most dreadful stench."

From Salon

Insert the boat into the bottle stern first, using a bent metal coat hanger or a surgeon’s tool called polypus forceps.

From New York Times

Boerhaave, however, was not able to apply this knowledge to himself, as he died of a polypus on the heart before he had attained the age of perfect maturity, which Hypocrates fixes at between sixty and seventy years.

From Project Gutenberg

He died of a polypus in the heart in July, 1749.

From Project Gutenberg