polypus

In zoöl : A-poulp or cuttle.

A polyp, in any sense

[capitalized] A genus of cuttles. A genus of polyps.

In pathology, any kind of tumor growing from a mucous membrane, of rounded form, and more or less distinctly pedunculated. The term is most frequently applied to benign growths

Same as polyp.

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 the mucous membrane.

A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.

An octopus.

a small vascular growth on the surface of a mucous membrane