Webster's Dictionary 1913

6022

Polygamous

Po‐lyg″a‐mous (?), a. [Gr. � living � polygamy; πολύσ many + � marriage. Cf. Bigamy.]1. Of or pertaining to polygamy; characterized by, or involving, polygamy; having a pluralit...

6023

Polygamy

Po‐lyg″a‐my (?), n. [Gr. �; cf. F. polygamie.] 1. The having of a plurality of wives or husbands at the same time; usually, the marriage of a man to more than one woman, or the ...

6024

Polygastrian

Pol′y‐gas″tri‐an (pŏl′ĭ‐găs″trĭ‐an), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Polygastrica.

6025

Polygastric

Pol′y‐gas″tric (–trĭk), a. [Poly- + gastric: cf. F. polygastrique.] 1. (Anat.) Having several bellies; — applied to muscles which are made up of several bellies separated by sho...

6026

Polygastric (2)

Pol′y‐gas″tric (pŏl′ĭ‐găs″trĭk), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Polygastrica.

6027

Polygastrica

‖Pol′y‐gas″tri‐ca (–trĭ‐kȧ), n. pl.(Zoöl.) The Infusoria.

6028

Polygenesis

{ Pol′y‐gen″e‐sis (–jĕn″ē̍‐sĭs), Po‐lyg″e‐ny (pō̍‐lĭj″ē̍‐ny̆), } n. [Poly- + genesis, or root of Gr. γίγνεσθαι to be born.] (Biol.) The theory that living organisms originate in...

6029

Polygenetic

Pol′y‐ge‐net″ic (?), a. 1. Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times.2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.Polygenetic mountain ran...

6030

Polygenic

Pol′y‐gen″ic (–jĕn″ĭk), a.(Biol.) Of or relating to polygeny; polygenetic.

6031

Polygenism

Po‐lyg″e‐nism (pō̍‐lĭj″ē̍‐nĭz'm), n. [Cf. F. polygénisme.] (Biol.) The doctrine that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair.

6032

Polygenist

Po‐lyg″e‐nist (–nĭst), n.(Biol.) One who maintains that animals of the same species have sprung from more than one original pair; — opposed to monogenist.

6033

Polygenous

Po‐lyg″e‐nous (?), a. [Poly- + -genous: cf. Gr. � of many families.] Consisting of, or containing, many kinds; as, a polygenous mountain. Kirwan.

6034

Polyglot

Pol″y‐glot (?), a. [Gr. πολύγλωττοσ many-tongued; πολύσ many + γλω̑ττα, γλω̑σσα, tongue, language: cf. F. polyglotte.] 1. Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a po...

6035

Polyglot (2)

Pol″y‐glot, n. 1. One who speaks several languages. “A polyglot, or good linguist.” Howell.2. A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject...

6036

Polyglottous

Pol′y‐glot″tous (?), a. [See Polyglot.] Speaking many languages; polyglot. “The polyglottous tribes of America.” Max Müller.

6037

Polygon

Pol″y‐gon (?), n. [Gr. πολύγωνοσ polygonal; πολύσ many + γωνία angle: cf. F. polygone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having many angles, and consequently many sides; esp., one whose p...

6038

Polygonaceous

Pol′y‐go‐na″ceous (?), a. [See Polygonum.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order of apetalous plants (Polygonaceæ), of which the knotweeds (species of Polygonum) are the ty...

6039

Polygonal

Po‐lyg″o‐nal (?), a. Having many angles.Polygonal numbers, certain figurate numbers. See under Figurate.

6040

Polygoneutic

Pol′y‐go‐neu″tic (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. � offspring.] (Zoöl.) Having two or more broods in a season.

6041

Polygonometry

Pol′y‐go‐nom″e‐try (?), n. [Polygon + -metry.] The doctrine of polygons; an extension of some of the principles of trigonometry to the case of polygons.

6042

Polygonous

Po‐lyg″o‐nous (?), a. Polygonal.

6043

Polygonum

‖Po‐lyg″o‐num (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � a kind of plant; πολύσ many + γόνυ the knee, a joint of a plant. So called in allusion to the numerous joints.] (Bot.) A genus of plants em...

6044

Polygony

Po‐lyg″o‐ny (?), n.(Bot.) Any plant of the genus Polygonum.

6045

Polygordius

‖Pol′y‐gor″di‐us (?), n. [NL. See Poly-, and Gordius.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine annelids, believed to be an ancient or ancestral type. It is remarkable for its simplicity of st...

6046

Polygram

Pol″y‐gram (?), n. [Gr. � marked with many stripes; πολύσ many + � a line.] A figure consisting of many lines. Barlow.

6047

Polygraph

Pol″y‐graph (?), n. [Gr. � writing much; πολύσ much, many + � to write: cf. F. polygraphe.] 1. An instrument for multiplying copies of a writing; a manifold writer; a copying ma...

6048

Polygraphic

{ Pol′y‐graph″ic (?), Pol′y‐graph″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. polygraphique.] Pertaining to, or employed in, polygraphy; as, a polygraphic instrument.2. Done with a polygraph; as, a...