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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 poly·syn·de·ton /-ˈsɪndəˌtɑn/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pol·y·syn·de·ton n.  Rhet. A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the sentence, “We have ships and men and money and stores.” Opposed to asyndeton.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 polysyndeton
      n : using several conjunctions in close succession, especially
          where some might be omitted (as in `he ran and jumped and
          laughed for joy')