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polythalamous, a. Nat. Hist.|pɒlɪˈθæləməs|
[f. Gr. πολυ-, poly- + θάλαµος bed-chamber (see thalamus) + -ous.]
Having or consisting of several chambers or cells; many-chambered, multilocular.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xiv. (1828) I. 451 Some galls are polythalamous or consisting of several chambers. 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 517/2 A..series of minute polythalamous shells. 1876Page Text-bk. Geol. xx. 428 Calcareous ooze and marls, rich in polythalamous..foraminifera.
So polythalamaceous |-ˈeɪʃəs| a., belonging to the Polythalamācea, an order of cephalopods with many-chambered shells, as the nautilus (synonymous with Tetrabranchiāta) (Mayne Expos. Lex. 1858); polythalamian |-θəˈleɪmɪən| a., belonging to the Polythalamia, a division of Protozoa, having a many-chambered test; polythalamic |-θəˈlæmɪk| a. = polythalamous.[1860Maury Phys. Geog. Sea (Low) xiv. §616 note, Polythalamia are abundant in the Arctic Seas. 1867J. Hogg Microsc. ii. ii. 376 The Polythalamia or Multilocular Rhizopods, in their earliest state are unilocular.] 1863Lyell Antiq. Man App. (ed. 3) 529 Mr. Chydenius obtained..*polythalamian shells.
1890Cent. Dict., *Polythalamic. |