| poll | 1. To remove the poll or head of; hence, to remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop; to shear; as, to poll the head; to poll a tree. "When he [Absalom] pollled his head." (2 Sam. Xiv. 26) "His death did so grieve them that they polled themselves; they clipped off their horse and mule's hairs." (Sir T. North) 2. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop; sometimes with off; as, to poll the hair; to poll wool; to poll grass. "Who, as he polled off his dart's head, so sure he had decreed That all the counsels of their war he would poll off like it." (Chapman) 3. <zoology> The European chub. See Pollard, 3 . Poll book, a register of persons entitled to vote at an election. 4. <veterinary> Poll evil, an inflammatory swelling or abscess on a horse's head, confined beneath the great ligament of the neck. Origin: Akin to LG. Polle the head, the crest of a bird, the top of a tree, OD. Pol, polle, Dan. Puld the crown of a hat. (21 Jun 1999) |
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| poll evil | Suppurative inflammation of the cranial nuchal (atlantal) bursa that lies between the atlas and the cranial end of the ligamentum nuchae in the horse. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pollack | <zoology> A marine gadoid food fish of Europe (Pollachius virens). Synonym: greenfish, greenling, lait, leet, lob, lythe, and whiting pollack. The American pollock; the coalfish. Origin: Cf. G. & D. Pollack, and Gael. Pollag a little pool, a sort of fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pollakidipsia | Rarely used term for unduly frequent thirst. Origin: G. Pollakis, often, + dipsa, thirst (05 Mar 2000) |
| pollakiuria | Rarely used term for extraordinary urinary frequency. Origin: G. Pollakis, often, + ouron, urine (05 Mar 2000) |
| pollan | <zoology> A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring. Origin: Cf. Gael. Pollag a kind of fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pollard | To lop the tops of, as trees; to poll; as, to pollard willows. Origin: Pollarded; Pollarding. 1. A tree having its top cut off at some height above the ground, that may throw out branches. 2. A clipped coin; also, a counterfeit. 3. <zoology> A fish, the chub. A stag that has cast its antlers. A hornless animal (cow or sheep). Origin: From Poll the head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| polled | Deprived of a poll, or of something belonging to the poll. Specifically: Lopped; said of trees having their tops cut off. Cropped; hence, bald; said of a person. "The polled bachelor." Having cast the antlers; said of a stag. Without horns; as, polled cattle; polled sheep. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pollen | <plant biology> The microspores of seed plants, the powdery mass of microspores shed from anthers. (09 Oct 1997) |
| pollen antigen | An extract of the antigenic protein from the pollen of plants; i.e., pollen allergen, used in the diagnosis and prevention of hay fever. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pollen extract | Liquid obtained by extracting the protein from the pollen of plants used for diagnostic testing or treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pollen mother cell | <plant biology> A diploid plant cell that forms four microspores by meiosis, the microspores give rise to pollen grains in seed plants. (18 Nov 1997) |
| polleniferous | <botany> Producing pollen; polliniferous. Origin: Pollen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pollenin | <chemistry> A substance found in the pollen of certain plants. Origin: Cf. F. Pollenine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pollenosis | Hay fever excited by the pollen of various plants. Synonym: pollenosis. Origin: L. Pollen, pollen, + G. -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000) |