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Polyphaser
- - A machine generating more than one pressure wave; a multiphaser.
Polyphemus
- - A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycid). 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.
- An alternative name for Cylops, the one-eyed giant in Greek Mythology.
Polyphones
- noun - a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'"
Polyphonic
- adjective - having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- having two or more phonetic values; "polyphonic letters such as `a'"
- of or relating to or characterized by polyphony; "polyphonic traditions of the baroque"
Polyploids
- noun - (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes
Polyploidy
- noun - the condition of being polyploid
Polypodies
- noun - any of numerous ferns of the genus Polypodium
Polypodium
- noun - a genus of ferns belonging to the family Polypodiaceae and having rounded naked sori