polypusn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒlᵻpəs/, U.S.

/ˈpɑləpəs/

Inflections: Plural polypuses, polypi.

Forms: Middle English pollipus, Middle English polupus, Middle English–1700s polipus, 1500s polipos, 1500s polippus, 1500s– polypus. Plural 1600s polipusses, 1600s polypodes, 1700s– polypuses, 1700s–1800s polypusses, 1800s– polypi Brit.

/ˈpɒlᵻpʌɪ/, U.S.

/ˈpɑləpaɪ/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pōlypus.

Etymology: < classical Latin pōlypus octopus, (also) nasal polyp < ancient Greek (Doric or Aeolic) πωλύπος (genitive πωλύπου ), corresponding to (Ionic) πουλύπους (genitive πουλύπου and πουλύποδος ), later πολύπους (Aristotle) octopus, (also) nasal polyp < πολυ- poly- comb. form + πούς foot (see -pod comb. form). Compare polyp n. and the Romance forms cited at that entry, and also (with sense 2a) poulp n.With the plural forms compare the etymological note at octopus n. and adj. It has been suggested on the basis of the (Doric) form in πωλυ- (confirmed by the Latin form) and the thematic inflection (e.g. genitive (Ionic) πουλύπου) that the Greek word represents a Mediterranean loanword, modified under the influence of πολυ- and πούς. On the other hand, the inflection as a compound of πούς (e.g. genitive (Ionic) πουλύποδος) is attested already in Homer and even in Mycenaean Greek (dative po-ru-po-de).

1. Medicine.

a. = polyp n. 1. Also figurative.Now rare or historical in singular.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > other tumours

polypusa1398

polypa1400

ecchymoma?1541

cat's hair1552

pneumatocele1585

thrombus1676

morum1684

physocele1706

haematocele1724

myxosarcoma1802

moro1807

lipoma1830

tuberculomaa1836

melanoma1838

pancreatoid1842

enchondroma1847

pseudoplasm1847

myeloma1848

tyroma1848

haematoma1849

adenocele1850

pachydermatocele1854

myosarcoma1857

angioma1858

myxoma1860

gliosarcoma1869

lymphadenoma1873

lymphoma1873

myoma1875

odontoma1876

teratoid tumour1876

teratoma1879

fibro-lipoma1882

embryoma1886

haemangioma1890

tubulodermoidc1900

plasmoma1901

astrocytoma1903

adamantinoma1904

hamartoma1904

plasmocytoma1907

mesothelioma1909

plasmacytoma1909

neuroblastoma1910

neurocytoma1910

paraganglioma1914

carcinoid1925

oligodendroglioma1926

mastocytoma1927

phaeochromocytoma1929

ameloblastoma1931

Schwannoma1932

myoblastoma1934

neurilemmoma1943

primary1957

neurolemmoma1964

vipoma1973

prolactinoma1975

somatostatinoma1977

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 85^v Polipus is superfluite of fleische growinge of noseþrilles.

?a1450 tr. Macer Herbal (Stockh.) (1949) 141 (MED) For polipus. Duppe in þis iuus wolle and ley it to þe nose; hit wole stanche þe sikenesse þat is clepid polipus.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 58 (MED) Pollipus..is a fleisch þat growiþ wiþinne þe nose.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus f. 9 Although she were deformed with a polypus in her nose.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cxii. 305 Being layd to with Copperous..it taketh away..the Polypus growing in the Nosthrilles.

1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. lxxxv. 400 The iuyce of Bistort put into the nose preuaileth much against the Disease called Polypus.

1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 6 Some of his arguments are mortally sick of the Polypus or Noli me tangere; I shall not meddle with them.

1752 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Sarcoma Every polypus is a sarcoma; but not vice versa. The sarcoma frequently degenerates into a polypus.

1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xix. 248 By a polypus is meant a diseased mass, which adheres to some part of the cavity of the uterus, by a sort of neck or narrower portion.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 155 The vaginal polypus sometimes dispersed by stimulants and astringents.

1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. iii. 109 Forms of softer polypi and cutaneous pendulous tumours.

1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. i. 22 I resolved that if ever I found this polypus of Tact growing up in my soul, I would tear it out by the roots, throw it forth and stamp on it.

1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xvi. 390 The polypi are pedunculated or sessile and are composed of mucosa like that of the gastric wall.

1986 Britannia 17 136 They might be used in one of the operations for the removal of nasal polypus.

b. A large, usually rounded thrombus in the heart (originally considered to be a cause of disease, later recognized to be a post-mortem phenomenon). Cf. polypous adj. 1a. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > thrombus or thrombosis

polypa1400

polypus1669

thrombosis1857

thrombus1873

pylethrombosis1884

phlebothrombosis1893

coronary thrombosis1930

deep venous thrombosis1944

deep vein thrombosis1954

coronary1955

1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 891 Touching..the Polypus of the Heart, the Author observes..that those Excrescences grow and swell for the most part in the Right Ventricle of the Heart sooner than the Left.

1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 118 In a Polypus the Pulse intermits, and vibrates, and is obscure.

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 265 Being mix'd with the Blood in the Veins would produce Polypus's in the Heart, and Death.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2490/2 Polypuses are generally found in acute as well as chronic diseases... A polypus frequently produces the most dreadful diseases.

1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. ii. 15 A polypus, however, plugs up the cavity of the heart in which it is formed so entirely as to prevent the circulation.

1820 R. Hooper Lexicon-medicum (ed. 4) 707/2 The coagulated substance which is found in the cavities of the heart of those who are some time in articulo mortis, is improperly called a polypus.

1909 Lancet 1 May 1227/2 Matthew Baillie's demolition of the doctrine of polypi may perhaps be regarded as the final step in the understanding of Harvey's discovery of the circulation.

2. Originally Zoology.

†a. A cephalopod having eight or ten tentacles, as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish. Cf. polyp n. 2a, polypod adj. 1, poulp n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Octopodidae > member of

polypus?1527

pourcuttle1585

preke1611

sea spider1858

devil fish1866

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Sepiadae > member of

cuttlec1000

seggec1300

polypus?1527

scuttle1530

sepia1569

cuttlefish1591

inkhorn fish1598

ozaena1601

sea-cat1601

sea-cut1601

sound1611

scribe1655

sea-qualm1804

sepiacean1842

sepioid1857

sea-sleeve1867

?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. ti^v Polippus hath gret strength in his fete, what he therin cacheth he holdeth it fast.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 20^v Though Polypus chaunge his hew, yet y^e Salamander keepeth his coulour.

1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. v. 153 This Polypus can change himselfe into all colours.

1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §1. 385 These Polypodes suddenly prey upon them [sc. fish] and devoure them.

1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. ii. 9 The Sea-pulp, or Polypus.

1756 Select Tales & Fables II. 142 Time-serving Sycophants..who, like the Polypus, that changes its Colour, as often as it shifts its Place, appear under any Disguise that best suits with the Accomplishment of their sordid Views.

1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 57 The octopus..was the animal denominated polypus by Aristotle.

1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 140 To the claws of Polypus, Plucked from its bed, the pebbles thickly cling.

b. = polyp n. 2b. Now chiefly literary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > polyp > [noun]

polypus-fish1607

polyp1742

polypus1742

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > zooid

polyp fish?1605

polypus-fish1607

polypus1742

polypide1850

polypite1859

1742 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 219 A small Insect called a Polypus, which is found sticking to the common Duck-weed.

a1759 C. H. Williams Isabella in Odes (1780) 7 It's call'd a Polypus..And 'tis a reptile of so strange a sort, That if 'tis cut in two, it is not dead; Its head shoots out a tail, its tail a head.

1771 H. Walpole Let. 25 Aug. in Private Corr. (1820) III. 386 They have got into such a habit of it here, that you would think a parliament was a polypus: they cut it in two, and by next morning half of it becomes a whole assembly.

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 417 The class of Polypi or Zoophytes is one of the largest and most singular of the Animal Kingdom.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. v. 117 Each polypus, though closely united to its brethren, has a distinct mouth, body, and tentacula.

1925 tr. J. Verne 20,000 Leagues under Sea x. 77 Those curious polypi of which entire islands are formed.

1995 Rev. Eng. Stud. 46 188 The [mermaid's] journey is through a wasteland of naked grey sand, rushing whirlpools, and a forest of polypi which stretch out their arms to seize her.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

a. (In sense 1a.)

polypus forceps n.

ΚΠ

1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. 202 The Polypus Forceps, with one of the Rings open for the reception of the Thumb.

1824 Lancet 2 Oct. 436/1 The pincers or strong polypus forceps.

1914 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 34 115 This may be an example of the πολυποξύστης or polypus forceps.

b. (In sense 2.)

† polypus-arms n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1815 L. Simond Jrnl. Tour Great Brit. II. 199 London extends its great polypus-arms over the country around.

C2.

polypus-fish n. now archaic and historical = sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > polyp > [noun]

polypus-fish1607

polyp1742

polypus1742

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > zooid

polyp fish?1605

polypus-fish1607

polypus1742

polypide1850

polypite1859

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 153 Whom Oppianus compareth to the Polipus fish.

1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 60 The polypus fish, who..extend their arms for prey.

1940 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 1 164 The polypus-fish and the chameleon, which change color with their surroundings.

Derivatives

ˈpolypus-ˌlike adj. and adv.

ΚΠ

1649 Modest Narr. Intelligence No. 19 151 Such is the itch of those men, after greatness, self-interests popular glory and applause, as puts them upon very desperate and Polypus-like practises.

1746 J. Taylor in W. Lewis Med. Ess. & Observ. (Philos. Soc. Edinb.) II. 141 He brought up two polypus-like substances.

1754 P. Hiffernan Tuner 6 For Polypus-like bruise, hack, mutilate, turn Inside out, do what you will with Him, the Reptile still crawls in putrid, stagnating Matter.

1865 E. B. Pusey in H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey (1897) IV. iii. 80 We cannot divide Holy Scripture or Christianity, polypus-like, so that one part might be cut off, and the rest remain in the same life as before.

1890 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 240/2 The next time you see a tree waving in the wind, recollect that it is the tail of a great underground, many-armed, polypus-like creature.

1948 T. Reik Listening with Third Ear (1956) xxxviii. 443 An analyst ought to have learned in the course of his practice that his own unconscious drags all kinds of things from the darkness with a thousand polypus-like arms.

ˈpolypus-ˌwise adv. rare

ΚΠ

1809 S. T. Coleridge Let. 9 Oct. (1959) III. 235 I will divide them polypus-wise, so that the first Half should get itself a new Tail of it's own, and the latter a new Head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polypus
释义	polypusn. Brit. /ˈpɒlᵻpəs/, U.S. /ˈpɑləpəs/ Inflections: Plural polypuses, polypi. Forms: Middle English pollipus, Middle English polupus, Middle English–1700s polipus, 1500s polipos, 1500s polippus, 1500s– polypus. Plural 1600s polipusses, 1600s polypodes, 1700s– polypuses, 1700s–1800s polypusses, 1800s– polypi Brit. /ˈpɒlᵻpʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈpɑləpaɪ/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pōlypus. Etymology: < classical Latin pōlypus octopus, (also) nasal polyp < ancient Greek (Doric or Aeolic) πωλύπος (genitive πωλύπου ), corresponding to (Ionic) πουλύπους (genitive πουλύπου and πουλύποδος ), later πολύπους (Aristotle) octopus, (also) nasal polyp < πολυ- poly- comb. form + πούς foot (see -pod comb. form). Compare polyp n. and the Romance forms cited at that entry, and also (with sense 2a) poulp n.With the plural forms compare the etymological note at octopus n. and adj. It has been suggested on the basis of the (Doric) form in πωλυ- (confirmed by the Latin form) and the thematic inflection (e.g. genitive (Ionic) πουλύπου) that the Greek word represents a Mediterranean loanword, modified under the influence of πολυ- and πούς. On the other hand, the inflection as a compound of πούς (e.g. genitive (Ionic) πουλύποδος) is attested already in Homer and even in Mycenaean Greek (dative po-ru-po-de). 1. Medicine. a. = polyp n. 1. Also figurative.Now rare or historical in singular. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > other tumours polypusa1398 polypa1400 ecchymoma?1541 cat's hair1552 pneumatocele1585 thrombus1676 morum1684 physocele1706 haematocele1724 myxosarcoma1802 moro1807 lipoma1830 tuberculomaa1836 melanoma1838 pancreatoid1842 enchondroma1847 pseudoplasm1847 myeloma1848 tyroma1848 haematoma1849 adenocele1850 pachydermatocele1854 myosarcoma1857 angioma1858 myxoma1860 gliosarcoma1869 lymphadenoma1873 lymphoma1873 myoma1875 odontoma1876 teratoid tumour1876 teratoma1879 fibro-lipoma1882 embryoma1886 haemangioma1890 tubulodermoidc1900 plasmoma1901 astrocytoma1903 adamantinoma1904 hamartoma1904 plasmocytoma1907 mesothelioma1909 plasmacytoma1909 neuroblastoma1910 neurocytoma1910 paraganglioma1914 carcinoid1925 oligodendroglioma1926 mastocytoma1927 phaeochromocytoma1929 ameloblastoma1931 Schwannoma1932 myoblastoma1934 neurilemmoma1943 primary1957 neurolemmoma1964 vipoma1973 prolactinoma1975 somatostatinoma1977 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 85^v Polipus is superfluite of fleische growinge of noseþrilles. ?a1450 tr. Macer Herbal (Stockh.) (1949) 141 (MED) For polipus. Duppe in þis iuus wolle and ley it to þe nose; hit wole stanche þe sikenesse þat is clepid polipus. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 58 (MED) Pollipus..is a fleisch þat growiþ wiþinne þe nose. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus f. 9 Although she were deformed with a polypus in her nose. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. cxii. 305 Being layd to with Copperous..it taketh away..the Polypus growing in the Nosthrilles. 1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) ii. lxxxv. 400 The iuyce of Bistort put into the nose preuaileth much against the Disease called Polypus. 1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 6 Some of his arguments are mortally sick of the Polypus or Noli me tangere; I shall not meddle with them. 1752 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) at Sarcoma Every polypus is a sarcoma; but not vice versa. The sarcoma frequently degenerates into a polypus. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xix. 248 By a polypus is meant a diseased mass, which adheres to some part of the cavity of the uterus, by a sort of neck or narrower portion. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 155 The vaginal polypus sometimes dispersed by stimulants and astringents. 1876 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. (ed. 2) I. iii. 109 Forms of softer polypi and cutaneous pendulous tumours. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay (U.K. ed.) i. i. 22 I resolved that if ever I found this polypus of Tact growing up in my soul, I would tear it out by the roots, throw it forth and stamp on it. 1961 R. D. Baker Essent. Pathol. xvi. 390 The polypi are pedunculated or sessile and are composed of mucosa like that of the gastric wall. 1986 Britannia 17 136 They might be used in one of the operations for the removal of nasal polypus. b. A large, usually rounded thrombus in the heart (originally considered to be a cause of disease, later recognized to be a post-mortem phenomenon). Cf. polypous adj. 1a. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > vascular disorders > [noun] > thrombus or thrombosis polypa1400 polypus1669 thrombosis1857 thrombus1873 pylethrombosis1884 phlebothrombosis1893 coronary thrombosis1930 deep venous thrombosis1944 deep vein thrombosis1954 coronary1955 1669 Philos. Trans. 1668 (Royal Soc.) 3 891 Touching..the Polypus of the Heart, the Author observes..that those Excrescences grow and swell for the most part in the Right Ventricle of the Heart sooner than the Left. 1707 J. Floyer Physician's Pulse-watch 118 In a Polypus the Pulse intermits, and vibrates, and is obscure. 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 265 Being mix'd with the Blood in the Veins would produce Polypus's in the Heart, and Death. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2490/2 Polypuses are generally found in acute as well as chronic diseases... A polypus frequently produces the most dreadful diseases. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. ii. 15 A polypus, however, plugs up the cavity of the heart in which it is formed so entirely as to prevent the circulation. 1820 R. Hooper Lexicon-medicum (ed. 4) 707/2 The coagulated substance which is found in the cavities of the heart of those who are some time in articulo mortis, is improperly called a polypus. 1909 Lancet 1 May 1227/2 Matthew Baillie's demolition of the doctrine of polypi may perhaps be regarded as the final step in the understanding of Harvey's discovery of the circulation. 2. Originally Zoology. †a. A cephalopod having eight or ten tentacles, as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish. Cf. polyp n. 2a, polypod adj. 1, poulp n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Octopoda > family Octopodidae > member of polypus?1527 pourcuttle1585 preke1611 sea spider1858 devil fish1866 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Cephalopoda > [noun] > order Dibranchiata > section Decapoda > family Sepiadae > member of cuttlec1000 seggec1300 polypus?1527 scuttle1530 sepia1569 cuttlefish1591 inkhorn fish1598 ozaena1601 sea-cat1601 sea-cut1601 sound1611 scribe1655 sea-qualm1804 sepiacean1842 sepioid1857 sea-sleeve1867 ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. ti^v Polippus hath gret strength in his fete, what he therin cacheth he holdeth it fast. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 20^v Though Polypus chaunge his hew, yet y^e Salamander keepeth his coulour. 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. v. 153 This Polypus can change himselfe into all colours. 1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi viii. §1. 385 These Polypodes suddenly prey upon them [sc. fish] and devoure them. 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. ii. 9 The Sea-pulp, or Polypus. 1756 Select Tales & Fables II. 142 Time-serving Sycophants..who, like the Polypus, that changes its Colour, as often as it shifts its Place, appear under any Disguise that best suits with the Accomplishment of their sordid Views. 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 57 The octopus..was the animal denominated polypus by Aristotle. 1871 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Odyssey I. v. 140 To the claws of Polypus, Plucked from its bed, the pebbles thickly cling. b. = polyp n. 2b. Now chiefly literary. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > polyp > [noun] polypus-fish1607 polyp1742 polypus1742 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > zooid polyp fish?1605 polypus-fish1607 polypus1742 polypide1850 polypite1859 1742 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 42 219 A small Insect called a Polypus, which is found sticking to the common Duck-weed. a1759 C. H. Williams Isabella in Odes (1780) 7 It's call'd a Polypus..And 'tis a reptile of so strange a sort, That if 'tis cut in two, it is not dead; Its head shoots out a tail, its tail a head. 1771 H. Walpole Let. 25 Aug. in Private Corr. (1820) III. 386 They have got into such a habit of it here, that you would think a parliament was a polypus: they cut it in two, and by next morning half of it becomes a whole assembly. 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 417 The class of Polypi or Zoophytes is one of the largest and most singular of the Animal Kingdom. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. v. 117 Each polypus, though closely united to its brethren, has a distinct mouth, body, and tentacula. 1925 tr. J. Verne 20,000 Leagues under Sea x. 77 Those curious polypi of which entire islands are formed. 1995 Rev. Eng. Stud. 46 188 The [mermaid's] journey is through a wasteland of naked grey sand, rushing whirlpools, and a forest of polypi which stretch out their arms to seize her. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. (In sense 1a.) polypus forceps n. ΚΠ 1739 S. Sharp Treat. Operations Surg. 202 The Polypus Forceps, with one of the Rings open for the reception of the Thumb. 1824 Lancet 2 Oct. 436/1 The pincers or strong polypus forceps. 1914 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 34 115 This may be an example of the πολυποξύστης or polypus forceps. b. (In sense 2.) † polypus-arms n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1815 L. Simond Jrnl. Tour Great Brit. II. 199 London extends its great polypus-arms over the country around. C2. polypus-fish n. now archaic and historical = sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > polyp > [noun] polypus-fish1607 polyp1742 polypus1742 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > member of > zooid polyp fish?1605 polypus-fish1607 polypus1742 polypide1850 polypite1859 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 153 Whom Oppianus compareth to the Polipus fish. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 60 The polypus fish, who..extend their arms for prey. 1940 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 1 164 The polypus-fish and the chameleon, which change color with their surroundings. Derivatives ˈpolypus-ˌlike adj. and adv. ΚΠ 1649 Modest Narr. Intelligence No. 19 151 Such is the itch of those men, after greatness, self-interests popular glory and applause, as puts them upon very desperate and Polypus-like practises. 1746 J. Taylor in W. Lewis Med. Ess. & Observ. (Philos. Soc. Edinb.) II. 141 He brought up two polypus-like substances. 1754 P. Hiffernan Tuner 6 For Polypus-like bruise, hack, mutilate, turn Inside out, do what you will with Him, the Reptile still crawls in putrid, stagnating Matter. 1865 E. B. Pusey in H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey (1897) IV. iii. 80 We cannot divide Holy Scripture or Christianity, polypus-like, so that one part might be cut off, and the rest remain in the same life as before. 1890 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 240/2 The next time you see a tree waving in the wind, recollect that it is the tail of a great underground, many-armed, polypus-like creature. 1948 T. Reik Listening with Third Ear (1956) xxxviii. 443 An analyst ought to have learned in the course of his practice that his own unconscious drags all kinds of things from the darkness with a thousand polypus-like arms. ˈpolypus-ˌwise adv. rare ΚΠ 1809 S. T. Coleridge Let. 9 Oct. (1959) III. 235 I will divide them polypus-wise, so that the first Half should get itself a new Tail of it's own, and the latter a new Head. 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