polyprotodont (pol i pro to dont)

and n. [ polyprotodont marsupial. Polyprotodont i a (pol-i-pro-to-don's [NL., neut. pl.: see polyprotodont.] The carnivorous or polyprotodont marsupials, a prime division of Marsupial i a, having more than two incisors (at least in the lower jaw) and special ized canines. IMG:content-0609.png:[blocks in formation] polypites. Also polypostem. polyp-stock (pol'ip-stok), n. The stock of a polyp; a polypary or polypidom. Polypteridæ (pol-ip-ter'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Polypte terus; the bichirs. They have lozenge-shaped ganoid scales, fins without fulcra, a series of dorsal spines, to which an articulated finlet is attached, anal situated close to the caudal fin, the vent near the end of the tail, the abdominal part of the vertebral column much longer than the caudal portion, and no pseudo branch iæ.