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

Polyphonic :: Polyphonic (a.) Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters..

Thalamiflorous :: Thalamiflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens directly on the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of polypetalous dicotyledonous plants in the system of De Candolle.

Homophony :: Homophony (n.) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous..

Person :: Person (n.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals..

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

Polypuses :: Polypuses (pl. ) of Polypu.

Lithogenous :: Lithogenous (a.) Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

Polyphagous :: Polyphagous (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals..

Polyp :: Polyp (n.) Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid..

Polypoid :: Polypoid (a.) Resembling a polypus in appearance; having a character like that of a polypus.

Polyphonic :: Polyphonic (a.) Having a multiplicity of sounds.

Madrigal :: Madrigal (n.) 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..

Counterpoint :: Counterpoint (n.) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

Polypody :: Polypody (n.) Any plant of the genus Polypodium.

Polyporus :: Polyporus (n.) A genus of fungi having the under surface full of minute pores; also, any fungus of this genus..

Chiton :: Chiton (n.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora..

Taster :: Taster (n.) One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora..

Polyparies :: Polyparies (pl. ) of Polypar.

Polypetalous :: Polypetalous (a.) Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant..

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