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A small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
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polypus
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WordNet
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n. a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane [syn: polyp ] [also: polypi (pl)]
Wikipedia
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Polypus is a fungal genus of uncertain familial placement in the order Russulales . A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Polypus dispansus , originally described by Curtis Gates Lloyd in 1912 as a species of Polyporus . Polypus was circumscribed ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Polypus \Pol"y*pus\, n.; pl. E. Polypuses , L. Polypi . [L. See Polyp .] (Zo["o]l.) Same as Polyp . (Med.) A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem. 2 (context archaic English) An octopus.
Usage examples of polypus.
Thus it is plain to understand how chronic Pharyngitis, Laryngitis, Bronchitis, and Asthma may result from a small polypus in the nasal cavity.
We find exquisitely delicate structures, some inhabited by simple hydra-like polypi, others by more organized kinds, and beautiful compound Ascidiae.
These are coral islands, slowly raised, but continuous, created by the daily work of polypi.
The distilled water of the roots and leaves was considered by the old herbalists good for ague, and the fresh or dried roots, mixed with honey and applied to the nose, were used in the cure of polypus.
In the first group, the tubipores, were gorgones arranged like a fan, soft sponges of Syria, ises of the Moluccas, pennatules, an admirable virgularia of the Norwegian seas, variegated umbellulariæ, alcyonariæ, a whole series of madrepores, which my master Milne-Edwards has so cleverly classified, among which I remarked some wonderful flabellinæ, oculinæ of the island of Bourbon, the "Neptune's car" of the Antilles, superb varieties of corals, in short, every species of those curious polypi of which entire islands are formed, which will one day become continents.
Besides other things the nets brought up, were several flabellariae and graceful polypi, that are peculiar to that part of the ocean.
As to the vessel, it moved not, and was immovable, as if the coralline polypi had already walled it up with their in destructible cement.
This precious matter, often confused with other polypi, formed then the inextricable plots called “macciota,” and on which I noticed several beautiful specimens of pink coral.
We dug the grave, and the polypi undertake to seal our dead for eternity.
Its nets brought up numerous specimens of polypi and curious shells of mollusca.
This precious matter, often confounded with other polypi, formed then the inextricable plots called "macciota," and on which I noticed several beautiful specimens of pink coral.
Between the coralline shrubs I noticed other polypi not less curious—melites, and irises with articulated ramifications.
These polypi are found particularly in the rough beds of the sea, near the surface.
Besides other things the nets brought up were several flabellariæ and graceful polypi, that are peculiar to that part of the ocean.
Its nets brought up numerous specimens of polypi, and curious shells of molluska.