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Definition of Polyzoary
1. n. The compound organism of a polyzoan.
Definition of Polyzoary
1. Noun. (zoology) A colony of polyzoa ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) The polypary of such a colony ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polyzoary
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Medical Definition of Polyzoary
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Polyzoary
Literary usage of Polyzoary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Marine Polyzoa in the Collection of the British Museum by George Busk (1852)
"The polyzoary, which appears to attain a height of 4 or 6 inches, is bipinnate (with
all the branches on one plane), the branches alternate, and given off ..."
2. The English Cyclopaedia by Charles Knight (1867)
"polyzoary more or less regularly orbicular, convex on one side, plane or concave on
... polyzoary erect, free, simple or branched, linear or expanded above ..."
3. A Manual of Natural History, for the Use of Travellers: Being a Description by Arthur Adams, William Balfour Baikie, Charles Barron (1854)
"polyzoary dichotomously divided into narrow, ligulate, bi- or multi-serial ...
polyzoary calcareous, cellular, composed of ovate cells in juxta-position ..."
4. The Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London by Microscopical Society of London (1867)
"polyzoary arising from a rather thick central base ... from the centre of the
discoid polyzoary, the interstices being sometimes cancellous. as they are in ..."
5. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1866)
"The small polyzoary is lens-shaped, both sides moderately arched and exactly
alike : on each ... The cell-openings winding spirally around the polyzoary. ß. ..."
6. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Henry Dallinger (1891)
"The avicularia keep up a continual snapping action during the life of the
polyzoary ; and they may often be observed to lay hold of minute worms or other ..."
7. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales by Linnean Society of New South Wales (1881)
"The operculum is situated deeper than the level of the general external surface
of the polyzoary. The cells are separated from one another by delicate ..."
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