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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- c.1400, "nasal tumor," from L. polypus "cuttlefish," also "nasal tumor," from Gk. (Doric, Aeolic) polypos "octopus, cuttlefish," from polys "many" (see poly-) + pous "foot." Sense extended 1742 to hydras and sea anemones (earlier polypus, c.1520).
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