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Fission :: Fission (n.) A process by which certain coral polyps, echinoderms, annelids, etc., spontaneously subdivide, each individual thus forming two or more new ones. See Strobilation..

Hapuku :: Hapuku (n.) A large and valuable food fish (Polyprion prognathus) of New Zealand. It sometimes weighs one hundred pounds or more.

Polyphonous :: Polyphonous (a.) Same as Polyphonic.

Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.

Saxifraga :: Saxifraga (n.) A genus of exogenous polypetalous plants, embracing about one hundred and eighty species. See Saxifrage..

Polyp :: Polyp (n.) One of the Anthozoa.

Stere :: Sterculiaceous (a.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Sterculiaceae) of polypetalous exogenous plants, mostly tropical. The cacao (Theobroma Cacao) is the most useful plant of the order..

Bichir :: Bichir (n.) A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.

Polypteroidei :: Polypteroidei (n. pl.) A suborder of existing ganoid fishes having numerous fins along the back. The bichir, or Polypterus, is the type. See Illust. under Crossopterygian..

Polyp :: Polyp (n.) One of the feeding or nutritive zooids of a hydroid or coral.

Polypetalous :: Polypetalous (a.) Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant..

Taster :: Taster (n.) One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora..

Gorgoniacea :: Gorgoniacea (n. pl.) One of the principal divisions of Alcyonaria, including those forms which have a firm and usually branched axis, covered with a porous crust, or c/nenchyma, in which the polyp cells are situated..

Polyplacophora :: Polyplacophora (n. pl.) See Placophora.

Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody..

Polypiparous :: Polypiparous (a.) Producing polyps.

Polygenetic :: Polygenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.

Punk :: Punk (n.) A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric..

Viola :: Viola (n.) A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets..

Zoanthus :: Zoanthus (n.) A genus of Actinaria, including numerous species, found mostly in tropical seas. The zooids or polyps resemble small, elongated actinias united together at their bases by fleshy stolons, and thus forming extensive groups. The tentacles are small and bright colored..

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