What is "poulps"

Usage examples of "poulps".

Ten or twelve poulps now invaded the platform and sides of the Nautilus.

Then, infested with poulps, medusæ, and cuttle-fish, they would become immense centers of infection, since their waves would not possess "these vast stomachs that God had charged to infest the surface of the seas.

Not only is it supposed that these poulps can draw down vessels, but a certain Olaüs Magnus speaks of a cephalopod a mile long, that is more like an island than an animal.

One cannot deny that poulps and cuttle-fish exist of a large species, inferior, however, to the cetaceans.

Some skeletons of poulps are preserved in the museums of Trieste and Montpellier, that measure two yards in length.

Without noticing or speaking to us, he went to the panel, looked at the poulps, and said something to his lieutenant.

Not only is it supposed that these poulps can draw down vessels, but a certain Olaus Magnus speaks of an octopus a mile long that is more like an island than an animal.

One cannot deny that poulps and cuttlefish exist of a large species, inferior, however, to the cetaceans.

Some skeletons of poulps are preserved in the museums of Trieste and Montpelier, that measure two yards in length.

Captain Nemo’s isolation, his altered spirits, especially since the fight with the poulps, his taciturnity, all made me view things in a different light.

Captain Nemo's isolation, his altered spirits, especially since the fight with the poulps, his taciturnity, all made me view things in a different light.