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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
polypus /ˈpɒlɪpəs/

▶noun (pl. polypi /-pʌɪ/) archaic or technical term for polyp.

– origin ME: via L. from a var. of Gk polupous ‘cuttlefish, polyp’, from polu- ‘many’ + pous, pod- ‘foot’.

'polypus' also found in these Oxford entries:

polyp - polypary - polypi

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