Word Meanings - POLYZOAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa. A polyzoön.

POLYZOARY
The compound organism of a polyzoan.
SPECIES
A group of individuals agreeing in common attributes, and designated by a common name; a conception subordinated to another conception, called a genus, or generic conception, from which it differs in containing or comprehending more attributes,
POLYZOON; POLYZOOEN
One of the individual zooids forming the compound organism of a polyzoan.
POLYZOAN
Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa. A polyzoön.
POLYZOA
See PHYLACTOLæMATA
POLYZOARIUM
See POLYZOARY
POLYZONAL
Consisting of many zones or rings. Polyzonal lens , a lens made up of pieces arranged zones or rings, -- used in the lanterns of lighthouses.
SUBSPECIES
A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.