Po*lyph"o*nous (?), a. Same as Polyphonic.
Po*lyph"o*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;.] 1. Multiplicity of sounds, as in the
reverberations of an echo.
2. Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal
sign.
3. (Mus.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts
which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed
to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others
filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.
Pol"y*phore (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; to bear.] (Bot.) A receptacle
which bears many ovaries.
Pol`y*phy*let"ic (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. &?; clan.] (Biol.) Pertaining to,
or characterized by, descent from more than one root form, or from many
different root forms; polygenetic; -- opposed to monophyletic.
Po*lyph"yl*lous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; poly`s many + &?; leaf.] (Bot.)
Many-leaved; as, a polyphyllous calyx or perianth.
||Pol"y*pi (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) The Anthozoa.
Pol"y*pide (?), n. (Zoˆl.) One of the ordinary zooids of the Bryozoa.
[Spellt also polypid.]
Po*lyp"i*dom (?), n. [Polypus + L. domus house.] (Zoˆl.) A coral, or
corallum; also, one of the coral-like structure made by bryozoans and
hydroids.
||Po`ly`pier" (?), n. [F.] A polypidom.
||Pol`y*pif"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoˆl.) The Anthozoa.
Pol*y*pif"er*ous (?), a. [Polypus + -ferous.] (Zoˆl.) Bearing polyps,
or polypites.
Pol`y*pip"a*rous (?), a. [Polypus + L. parere to produce.] (Zoˆl.)
Producing polyps.
Pol"y*pite (?), n. 1. (Zoˆl.) (a) One of the feeding zooids, or polyps,
of a coral, hydroid, or siphonophore; a hydranth. See Illust. of
Campanularian. (b) Sometimes, the manubrium of a hydroid medusa.