English Explanatory Dictionary

polypus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A medical phenomenon.
  2. A polyp.
  3. A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.
  4. An aquatic creature.
  5. A tentacled cephalopod, such as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish.
  6. Any of various simple aquatic invertebrates having mouths surrounded by tentacles, including hydrozoa and anthozoa; including the sessile life stages of organisms whose corresponding free-swimming stage is the medusa.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɑlɪpəs/ /ˈpɒlɪpəs/

Word forms

polypus polypi polypuses

Etymology

From Latin polypus, from Ancient Greek πολύπους (polúpous). Doublet of polyp.

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