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Pol`y*mor"phous (?), a. 1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. De Quincey.

2. (Biol.) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic.

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Pol"y*mor`phy (?), n. Existence in many forms; polymorphism.

Po`ly-moun"tain (?), n. (Bot.) (a) Same as Poly, n. (b) The closely related Teucrium montanum, formerly called Polium montanum, a plant of Southern Europe. (c) The Bartsia alpina, a low purple-flowered herb of Europe.

||Pol`y*my"o*dÊ (?), n. pl. [NL. See Polymyoid.] (Zoˆl.) Same as ||Oscines.

Pol`y*my"o*dous (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Polymyoid.

Po*lym"y*oid (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. &?;, &?;, muscle + -oid.] (Zoˆl.) Having numerous vocal muscles; of or pertaining to the PolymyodÊ.

Pol"y*neme (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; thread.] (Zoˆl.) Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family PolynemidÊ. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish.

Pol`y*ne"moid (?), a. [Polyneme + -oid.] (Zoˆl.) Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family PolynemidÊ.

Pol`y*ne"sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians.

Pol`y*ne"sians (?), n. pl.; sing. Polynesian. (Ethnol.) The race of men native in Polynesia.

Po*lyn"i*a (?), n. [Russ. poluineia a warm place in water, i. e., a place which does not freeze.] The open sea supposed to surround the north pole. Kane.

Pol`y*no"mi*al (?), n. [Poly- + -nomial, as in monomial, binomial: cf. F. polynÙme.] (Alg.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2.

Pol`y*no"mi*al, a. 1. Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem.

2. Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature.

Pol`y*nu"cle*ar (?), a. [Poly- + nuclear.] (Biol.) Containing many nuclei.

Pol`y*nu*cle"o*lar (?), a. [Poly- + nucleolar.] (Biol.) Having more than one nucleolus.

Pol`y*om"ma*tous (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. &?;, &?;, the eye.] Having many eyes.

Pol`y*on"o*mous (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. &?;, &?;, name: cf. Gr. &?;.] Having many names or titles; polyonymous. Sir W. Jones.

Pol`y*on"o*my (?), n. [Cf. Gr. &?; a multitude of names.] The use of a variety of names for the same object. G. S. Faber.

Pol"y*o*nym (?), n. 1. An object which has a variety of names.

2. A polynomial name or term.

Pol`y*on"y*mous, a. Polyonomous.

{ Pol`y*op"tron (?), Pol`y*op"trum (?), } n. [NL., from Gr. poly`s many + &?; seen.] (Opt.) A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size. [R.]

Pol`y*o*ra"ma (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; a sight, view.] A view of many objects; also, a sort of panorama with dissolving views.

Pol"yp (?), n. [L. polypus, Gr. &?;, &?;, literally, many-footed; poly`s many + &?;, &?;, foot: cf. F. polype. See Poly- and Foot, and cf. Polypode, Polypody, Poulp.] (Zoˆl.) (a) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral. (b) One of the Anthozoa. (c) pl. Same as Anthozoa. See Anthozoa, Madreporaria, Hydroid. [Written also polype.]

Fresh-water polyp, the hydra. -- Polyp stem (Zoˆl.), that portion of the stem of a siphonophore which bears the polypites, or feeding zooids.