Definition of Polypuses

1. polypus [n] - See also: polypus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypuses

polyprotodonta
polyps
polypseudorotaxane
polypsis of the colon
polypteroidei
polypterus
polyptota
polyptoton
polyptotons
polyptych
polyptychial
polyptychs
polypurine
polypurines
polypus
polypuses (current term)
polypyrene
polypyridene
polypyridenes
polypyridine
polypyrimidine
polypyrrole
polypyrroles
polyquat
polyquaternium
polyquaterniums
polyquinane
polyquinanes
polyquinene
polyquinenes

Literary usage of Polypuses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wonders of Nature and Providence, Displayed: Compiled from Authentic by Josiah Priest (1826)
"Cluster-polypuses propagate by dividing in the middle ; arm- polypuses do not multiply in this manner. They bring forth their }'oung almost as a tree shoots ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"One species is called mucous, goß, or vesicular polypuses, because their substance ... The fibrous polypuses are of a dense, close texture, and of a whitish ..."

3. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake (1851)
"One species is called mucous, softy or vesicular polypuses, because their ... The fibrous polypuses are of a dense, close texture, and of a whitish color; ..."

4. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1851)
"One species is called mucous, soft, or vesicular polypuses, because their ... The fibrous polypuses are of a dense, close texture, and of a whitish color; ..."

5. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1838)
"One species is called mucous, soß, or vesicular polypuses, because their substance ... The fibrous polypuses ore of a dense, close texture, and of a whitish ..."

6. The Popular Encyclopedia: Being a General Dictionary of Arts, Sciences by Daniel Keyte Sandford, Thomas Thomson, Allan Cunningham (1837)
"The fibrous polypuses are of a dense, close texture, and of a whitish colour; they contain few vessels, and do not degenerate into cancers. ..."

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