Polydactyl, pol-i-dak′til, adj. having many digits.—n. a polydactyl animal.—n. Polydac′tylism, the condition of having many digits.—adj. Polydac′tylous.
Polydipsia, pol-i-dip′si-a, n. excessive thirst. [Gr. polys, much, dipsa, thirst.]
Polyergic, pol-i-er′jik, adj. acting in many ways.
Polyfoil, pol′i-foil, n. an opening or ornament consisting of several combined foliations, a combination of more than five foils.—Also adj.
Polygalaceæ, pol-i-gā-lā′sē-ē, n.pl. an order of polypetalous plants—the milkwort family.
Polygamy, pō-lig′a-mi, n. the practice of having more than one wife at the same time.—n.pl. Polygā′mia, the 23d class in the Linnæan system, embracing plants in which the stamens and pistils are separate in some flowers and associated in others.—adj. Polygā′mian.—n. Polyg′amist.—adj. Polyg′amous, relating to polygamy: (bot.) a term applied to plants which bear both unisexual and hermaphrodite flowers, either on the same or on different individual plants. [Gr.,—polys, many, gamos, marriage.]
Polygastric, pol-i-gas′trik, adj. having, or appearing to have, many stomachs, as an animalcule.—Also Polygas′trian.
Polygenesis, pol-i-jen′e-sis, n. origin from many separate germs: the theory that organisms sprang from different cells.—adjs. Polygenet′ic, Polygen′ic, Polyg′enous.—ns. Polyg′enism; Polyg′enist; Polyg′eny, the multiple genesis of man.
Polyglot, pol′i-glot, adj. having or containing many languages.—n. a collection of versions in different languages of the same work, esp. a Bible of this kind: one who understands many languages.—adjs. Polyglot′tic, Polyglot′tous. [Gr. polys, many, glōtta, the tongue.]
Polygon, pol′i-gon, n. a plane figure bound by a number of straight lines: a figure of many angles.—adjs. Polyg′onal, Polyg′onous. [L.,—Gr. polygōnon—polys, many, gōnia, a corner.]