Vocabulary : Polype to Polyphemus
Polype : See Polyp.
Polypean : Of or pertaining to a polyp, or polyps.
Polyperythrin : A coloring matter found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids.
Polypetalous : Consisting of, or having, several or many separate petals; as, a polypetalous corolla, flower, or plant.
Polyphagous : Eating, or subsisting on, many kinds of food; as, polyphagous animals.
Polyphagy : The practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food.
Polypharmacy : The act or practice of prescribing too many medicines. ;; A prescription made up of many medicines or ingredients.
Polyphase : Having or producing two or more phases; multiphase; as, a polyphase machine, a machine producing two or more pressure waves of electro-motive force, differing in phase; a polyphase current.
Polyphaser : A machine generating more than one pressure wave; a multiphaser.
Polyphemus : A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). Its larva, which is very large, bright green, with silvery tubercles, and with oblique white stripes on the sides, feeds on the oak, chestnut, willow, cherry, apple, and other trees. It produces a large amount of strong silk. Called also American silkworm.
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