polypus

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɒlɪpəs/    美 /ˈpɑlɪpəs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A medical phenomenon.; A polyp.
    — The nasal passages should be carefully examined for symptoms of stegnosis, enlargement of the turbinated bones, polypi, etc.
  2. A medical phenomenon.; A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.
  3. An aquatic creature.; A tentacled cephalopod, such as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish. obsolete
    — He had been becalmed in the tropical seas, and had watched, in eager expectation, though unhappily always in vain, to see the colossal polypus rise from the water, and entwine its enormous arms round the masts and the rigging.
  4. An aquatic creature.; 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. archaic

词形变化

polypi plural polypuses plural

词源

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