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Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid. [Written also polype.] Fresh-water polyp, the hydra. -- Polyp stem (Zoöl.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.

Producing or bearing a great number; bringing forth many.

Same as Polypidom.

See Polyp.

Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps.

A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids.

Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant. Martyn.

Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals.

The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.

The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines.

Having or producing two or more phases; multiphase; as, a polyphase machine, a machine producing two or more pressure waves of electro-motive force, differing in phase; a polyphase current.

A machine generating more than one pressure wave; a multiphaser.

A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidæ). 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. Ca…

A character or vocal sign representing more than one sound, as read, which is pronounced red or rèd.

Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.

Polyphony.

A master of polyphony; a contrapuntist.

Same as Polyphonic.

Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.

A receptacle which bears many ovaries.