Pol`y*gas"tric (pl`*gs"trk), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the Polygastrica.
||Pol`y*gas"tri*ca (-tr*k), n. pl. [NL. So called because they were
||supposed to have several stomachs, or digestive cavities.] (Zoˆl.)
||The Infusoria. [Obs.]
{ Pol`y*gen"e*sis (-jn"*ss), Po*lyg"e*ny (p*lj"*n), } n. [Poly- +
genesis, or root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born.] (Biol.) The theory that
living organisms originate in cells or embryos of different kinds,
instead of coming from a single cell; -- opposed to monogenesis.
Pol`y*ge*net"ic (?), a. 1. Having many distinct sources; originating at
various places or times.