POL- 250 POS- 
— ; Ene a nipple.} Poly- portcidal —— = pase pores, 
channel ; L. caedere, De- 
polytocous (pélit’ékis) a. [Gk. Zolys, hiscing by valves or onto as the 
any ; Zokos, offspring.] Prolific. poppy order (407). 
sobptonasin politémiis) a,  [Gk. ——— (poner) a. lee poros, 
LVS, ; tome, a cutting.]} chan L. ferre, to bear.} Fur- 
Having more than two secondary 
branches (do74. 
polytrichous (pol trik’tis) @  [Gk. 
won ers i: sel es = Having 
e body red wit n even 
coat of ne oh cae gorse 
peiviccthal os polit’rdkal) a. 
[Gk. polys, 
and posterior end, 
as in sic Annulats on 
polytrocho 
dered titer ike) a. 
polys, many ; trophe, nourishment. ] 
8 
Nourished by than o n 
ism or substance (d7zo/.). 
um SV iz6a'ridim) n. [G 
polys, ny; zoom, animal.] The 
skeletal sys fe) Polyzoan 
colony ; the colony itself pubes ). 
gore — ik) a. [Gk. pols, 
oon, animal, gue : 
colony rors ear zooids ; appl. a 
‘tear — (coo) 
e (pom) ot pomum, apple. | 
Re leiior, " indehis sce is "two or 
oat celled fles ep fruit ‘ars bi 
pom € prominent ridge 
of the the thyroid c cartilage in the front 
of the — more pronounced in 
, he pons, ees A 
connecting two parts, as 
ah pons Varolii of the cerebellum 
a. 
pontal, pontic, pontil 
pata a pons or me pons me ered 
(ana 
ain ee nm. [L. pon 
culus, a small bridge.] A vertic ao 
ridge on the Hie es cartilage 
joint ; appl. sate glands, nerve, 
vein, muscle (ana 
(por) (ck, pores, channel.] 
mn. 
A minute eee ay 
r interstice, as 
of the skin, of a ston 
nished ‘with ccna openings or 
por 
sere a riform) a. 
[Gk. foros, 
channel; L. cht ma, shape.}| Re- 
sembling a por 
porocyte (pd roa) a [Gk, fae 
channel; &y/os w.] A 
forated cell of Deteee track J 
po Orégam) # [Gk. foros, 
channel; gamos, union.| A plant 
whose pollen- -tube enters the ovule 
a the micropyle ; off. chalazogam 
eit (pérég’Ami) 7, = sore 
h nce 
porophyllous (pdrdéfil’itis) a ([Gk. 
poros, channel; fphyllon, leaf.] 
Appl. leaves with numerous trans- 
parent spots (404). 
porta (porta) ~. [L. porta, a gate] 
A gate-like structure, as a Fag 
— Le por a. [L. portio, 
n. | r portion of a 
sa ‘bloodeneel pre gee 
ab¢ 
Sion plate thethetennmhasescmeniie 
narrower five segments of the 
postanal — nil) a. [L. post, _— 
anus, vent.] Situated behind t 
anus (zoo/.). 
<a ae pee oe [L. post, 
;'axts, axle.] he posterior 
side of the axis; i the fibular 
ede of the leg (anat. 
postbranchial (postbrang’ki. ila. [L. 
post, after; Gk. brangchia, gills.] 
Behind the gill- wy appl. a 
oa arising in the pharynx 
posteardinal (pdstkar'dinal) a. [L. 
