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pol·y·pod

 (pŏl′ē-pŏd′)
adj.
1. Biology Having numerous feet.
2. Being or relating to any of numerous ferns of the order Polypodiales.

pol′y·pod′ n.
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polypod

(ˈpɒlɪˌpɒd)
adj
(Zoology) (esp of insect larvae) having many legs or similar appendages
n
(Animals) an animal of this type
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polypodioides, also known by the common names little gray polypod, scaly polypody, and miracle fern) is a widespread epiphytic fern occurring in South America, Mexico, the southern United States, the Caribbean, and Africa.
Yim designed Polypod [44] MSRR that falls under chain structure category and with capabilities of forming 3D structures.
(Tsukuba) 1988 Polypod chain, 2, 3D Yim (Stanford) 1993 Metamorphic lattice, 6, 2D Chirikjian (Caltech) 1993 Fracta lattice, 3 2D Murata (MEL) 1994 Fractal Robots lattice, 3D Michael(UK) 1995 Tetrobot chain, 1 3D Hamline et al.
In zoology, a polypod is a creature with many what?
You have the dome structure, the bridge moment and the density -- and then there is the moment of silence in between them," comments Hani Asfour, an architect with Beirut design firm Polypod.
Polypod iaceae Linds aeaceae Sphenomeris clavata (L.) Maxon Sphenomeris clavata (L.) Maxon Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium caudatum (L.) Maxon.
According to Schuettpelz and Pryer (2009), leptosporangiate ferns originated near the start of the Carboniferous period (359.2 Ma) and are thought to have experienced 3 successive radiations: an initial one in the Carboniferous, producing 6 now-extinct families; a second one in the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic, that result in several families with extant representatives; and finally a third radiation beginning in the Cretaceous, primarily within what is now referred to as the "polypod" clade.
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The Polypod is a simple outbuilding with a multitude of possible uses
Morphology of the trackways suggests polypod and heteropod arthropods with different long appendages and a dorsaly/ventraly flattened body.
The surprising results suggest that polypod ferns--a group within leptosporangiates that includes more than 80 percent of living fern species--experienced an explosion of diversification between 20 million and 50 million years after the angiosperms appeared on the botanical scene.
Hamra-based Polypod studios noted for The Daily Star that creative industries, such as architectural and fashion design, "are key drivers of business."