pluses

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A number of polypuses followed him even to Neptune's temple, the biggest and strongest of which carried a great stone.

From Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies by Plutarch

Reports are polypuses; wounding and mutilating only multiplies them; only sticking them into each other makes one out of two: the report of Linda's arrival swallowed up the report of Froulay's disgraceful attempt.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

You can see the coral insects and polypuses clinging to the rocks, and far below, fishes of different species meeting and swimming past each other.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix