||Pol`y*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. poly`s many + &?; an animal.]
||(Zoˆl.) Same as Bryozoa. See Illust. under Bryozoa, and
||PhylactolÊmata.
Pol`y*zo"an (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) Any species of Polyzoa; one of the
Polyzoa. (b) A polyzoˆn.
||Pol`y*zo*a"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Polyzoaria (#). [NL.] (Zoˆl.) Same as
||Polyzoary.
Pol`y*zo"a*ry (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The compound organism of a polyzoan.
Pol`y*zon"al (?), a. [Poly- + zonal.] Consisting of many zones or
rings.
Polyzonal lens (Opt.), a lens made up of pieces arranged zones or
rings, -- used in the lanterns of lighthouses.
||Pol`y*zo"ˆn (?), n.; pl. Polyzoa (#). [NL. See Polyzoan.] (Zoˆl.) One
||of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan.
Pom"ace (?; 277), n. [L. ponum a fruit, LL., an apple: cf. LL.
pomagium, pomacium.] The substance of apples, or of similar fruit,
crushed by grinding.
Po`ma*cen"troid (?), a. [Gr. &?; a cover + &?; a prickle + -oid.]
(Zoˆl.) Pertaining to the PomacentridÊ, a family of bright-colored
tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes.
Po*ma"ceous (?), a. [LL. ponum an apple.] 1. (Bot.) (a) Like an apple
or pear; producing pomes. (b) Of or pertaining to a suborder (PomeÊ) of
rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces,
service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears,
crabs, etc.