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An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.

Having separate petals; polypetalous.

Any moth of the genus Polypogon.

A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation.

A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, cont…

A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.

A West Indian fern, the Polypodium Phyllitidis of Linnæus. It is also found in Florida.

Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.

Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous.

One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.

Having the appearance of being labiate; -- said of certain polypetalous corollas.

as a confection and medicinal purposes. Licorice fern (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor. -- Licorice sugar. (Chem.) See Glycyrrhizin. -- Licorice weed (Bot.), the tropical plant Scapania aulcis. -- Mountain licorice (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium alpinum), f…

nus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.

Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhering to the old church modes. Unlike the freer glee, it is best sung with several voices on a part. See Glee.

is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.

Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to Ant: polyphonic.

single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.

A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.

ing, two or more waves of pressure, or electromotive force, not in phase with each other; polyphase.