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- adj. Having many chambers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods. See Illust. of nautilus.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In entomology, having several or many chambers: applied to the nests of insects, and to galls, when they contain many cells or compartments, each destined for or inhabited by a single larva.
- In conchology, having many compartments; multilocular.
Etymologies
poly- + Ancient Greek a chamber. (Wiktionary)
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