poulp, poulpe
(puːlp)
Also 7 pulp, 7–8 pulpe.
[a. F. poulpe in same sense:—L. pōlypus polypus.]
An octopus, cuttle-fish, or other cephalopod: = polyp 1 a.
| 1601 Holland Pliny II. 427 The Pulpe fish or Pourcuttell, maketh at the very fishooks which hee searcheth after and..claspeth hard and gripeth round about with his clees. 1681 Grew Musæum i. v. iv. 121 The Preke or Poulps. Polypus. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 527/1 The short round-bodied Octopi or Poulps. 1874 Wood Nat. Hist. 626 The Argonaut.—The animal, or ‘poulp’..is indeed a most lovely creature, despite of its unattractive form. |