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Same as Polyzoary.

The compound organism of a polyzoan.

Consisting of many zones or rings. Polyzonal lens (Opt.), a lens made up of pieces arranged zones or rings, -- used in the lanterns of lighthouses.

One of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan.

The digestion of fats.

neutral fats into glycerin and free fatty acids, esp. by the action of an enzyme; as, adipolytic action.

ic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product. Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Es…

An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.

Shaped like a rolly-poly; short and stout. [Written also roly- poly.]

Rolly-poly.

Approximately polygonal; somewhat or almost polygonal.

A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].

The common bistort or snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta).

An old name for severwal species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood.

A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges.

A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Ure.

es of South American parrots of the genus Chrysotis Amazon ant (Zoöl.), a species of ant (Polyergus rufescens), of Europe and America. They seize by conquest the larvæ and nymphs other species and make slaves of them in their own nests.

hich, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

l combining form: Having a stamen or stamens; staminate; as, monandrous, with one stamen; polyandrous, with many stamens.