polypus

noun6

1. •
   A medical phenomenon.
2. •
   A polyp.

   • The nasal passages should be carefully examined for symptoms of stegnosis, enlargement of the turbinated bones, polypi, etc. — 1898
3. •
   A cardiac thrombus usually found post-mortem.
4. •
   An aquatic creature.
5. •
   (no longer used) A tentacled cephalopod, such as an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish.

   • From many a wondrous grot and secret cell Unnumbered and enormous polypi Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green. — 1830
6. •
   (no longer used) 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.