Po*lym"ni*a (?), n. See Polyhymnia.
Pol"ym*nite (?), n. [Gr. &?; full of moss; poly`s much + &?; moss.]
(Min.) A stone marked with dendrites and black lines, and so disposed
as to represent rivers, marshes, etc.
Pol"y*morph (?), n. [Gr. &?; multiform; poly`s many + &?; form: cf. F.
polymorphe.] (Crystallog.) A substance capable of crystallizing in
several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms. Cf. Allomorph.
Pol`y*mor"phic (?), a. Polymorphous.
Pol`y*mor"phism (?), n. 1. (Crystallog.) Same as Pleomorphism.
2. (Biol.) (a) The capability of assuming different forms; the
capability of widely varying in form. (b) Existence in many forms; the
coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms
independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but
produced from common parents.
||Pol`y*mor*pho"sis (?), n. [NL. See Poly-, and Morphosis.] (Zoˆl.) The
||assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding
||difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc.
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.