polypus

Meanings

Plural: polypi, polypuses

Noun

• a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane
• A medical phenomenon.
• A polyp.
• A medical phenomenon.
• A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.
• An aquatic creature.
• A tentacled cephalopod, such as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish.
• 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.

Synonyms

polyp