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A government by many chiefs, princes, or rules. [Obs.] Cudworth.

The production of two or more embryos in one seed, due either to the existence and fertilization of more than one embryonic sac or to the origination of embryos outside of the embryonic sac.

The theory that living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds, instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.

Any plant of the genus Polygonum.

The state or practice of having several wives at the same time; marriage to several wives. H. Spenser.

An object which has a variety of names.

Polyonomous.

t 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.

A small glass of beer. [Slang] Pony chaise, a light, low chaise, drawn by a pony or a pair of ponies. -- Pony engine, a small locomotive for switching cars from one track to another. [U.S.] -- Pony truck (Locomotive Engine), a truck which has only two wheels. -- Pony truss (Bridge Building), a truss which has so litt…

The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy. Burrill.

Predestination. [Obs.]

A fund for the support of a priest, without the title of a benefice. The patron in the collator.

or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage. " Issued from the progeny of kings." Shak.

A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.

A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds.

The hypothetical radical C3H5O, regarded as the essential residue of propionic acid and certain related compounds.

The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.

A fictitious name assumed for the time, as by an author; a pen name. [Written also pseudonyme.]

The using of fictitious names, as by authors.

Bearing a false or fictitious name; as, a pseudonymous work. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ly, adv. -- Pseu*don"y*mous*ness, n.