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Definition of Polypary

1. n. Same as Polypidom.

Definition of Polypary

1. Noun. polyparium ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polypary

1. the common supporting structure of a polyp colony [n -ARIES]

Medical Definition of Polypary

1. A coral, or corallum; also, one of the coral-like structure made by bryozoans and hydroids. Origin: Polypus + L. Domus house. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polypary

Literary usage of Polypary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Of the early development of the polypary in the ... certain lateral and vesicular appendages of the polypary in the ..."

2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1895)
"The sicula occupies, therefore, on one side of the polypary a more or less superficial position, so that it is here exposed, either completely, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Of the early development of the polypary in the ... certain lateral and vesicular appendages of the polypary in the ..."

4. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1891)
"In the ventral (outer) wall of the polypary the parietal ledges are ... Tracing the parietal ledges back toward the central line of the polypary they are ..."

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