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Polypite
- - One of the feeding zooids, or polyps, of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of Campanularian. (b) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.
Polypode
- - A plant of the genus Polypodium; polypody.
Polypody
- noun - any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
Polypoid
- - Like a polyp; having the nature of a polyp, but lacking the tentacles or other parts.
Polypore
- noun - woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent
Polypous
- - Of the nature of a polypus; having many feet or roots, like the polypus; affected with polypus.
Polysemy
- noun - the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
Polysomy
- noun - congenital defect of having one or more extra chromosomes in somatic cells
Polytomy
- - A division into many members.
Polytype
- - A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc.; as, a polytype in relief