Pōulp, n.

(pōōlp) (Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. poulpe, from Lat. pulpa, the fleshy part of animal bodies and fruits.] (Zool.) An eight-footed dibranchiate cephalopod, of the genus Octopus (O. vulgaris), nearly allied to the sepia, or common cuttle-fish, and having no shell; also, the soft part of those species which have shells.