Lexicographical Neighbors of Poulpe
Literary usage of Poulpe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Conchology: Prepared for the Use of Schools and Colleges by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger, Henri Milne-Edwards, Achille Comté (1846)
"Octopus vulgaris, or poulpe—Argonaut— ... kephale, head, and pous, foot — pronounced
kef-a-lo-pod). Fig. 7. OCTOPUS* VULGARIS, OR COMMON poulpe. ..."
2. The Sea-fisherman: Comprising the Chief Methods of Hook and Line Fishing in by James C. Wilcocks (1884)
"THE SUCKER OR poulpe. (Octopus vulgaris.) The Sucker is the most hideous of its
kind, consisting of nothing but a head with eight arms and large staring ..."
3. The animal creation: A Popular Introduction to Zoology by Thomas Rymer Jones (1865)
"... were estimated at 5 or 6 feet long, its beak measured about a foot and a half
across, and its weight was estimated FlG. 239.—poulpe AND SQUID. ..."
4. The Sea (La Mer) by Jules Michelet (1864)
"THE SEA ROVERS (poulpe, &C.) THE Medusae and the Molluscs are generally innocent
creatures, and I have thus far dwelt, as it were, with them in their ..."
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