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- English Word Polyp Definition One of the Anthozoa.
- English Word Polyp Definition Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid.
- English Word Polyparies Definition of Polypary
- English Word Polyparous Definition Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.
- English Word Polypary Definition Same as Polypidom.
- English Word Polype Definition See Polyp.
- English Word Polypean Definition Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps.
- English Word Polyperythrin Definition A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids.
- English Word Polypetalous Definition Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant.
- English Word Polyphagous Definition Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals.
- English Word Polyphagy Definition The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.
- English Word Polypharmacy Definition The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.
- English Word Polypharmacy Definition A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.
- English Word Polyphemus Definition A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm.
- English Word Polyphone Definition A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red.
- English Word Polyphonic Definition Having a multiplicity of sounds.
- English Word Polyphonic Definition Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.
- English Word Polyphonic Definition Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.
- English Word Polyphonism Definition Polyphony.
- English Word Polyphonist Definition A proficient in the art of multiplying sounds; a ventriloquist.
- English Word Polyphonist Definition A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.
- English Word Polyphonous Definition Same as Polyphonic.
- English Word Polyphony Definition Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.
- English Word Polyphony Definition Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.
- English Word Polyphony Definition Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.
- English Word Polyphore Definition A receptacle which bears many ovaries.
- English Word Polyphyletic Definition Pertaining to, or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.
- English Word Polyphyllous Definition Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
- English Word Polypi Definition The Anthozoa.
- English Word Polypi Definition of Polypus