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polymorphous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polymorphous \Pol`y*mor"phous\, a. 1. Having or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as a polymorphous author. --De Quincey. 2. (Biol.) Having or occurring in several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polymorphous adj 1: (chemistry) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystalzation" [syn: {polymorphic}] 2: (biology) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species" [syn: {polymorphic}] 3: having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorpphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god" [syn: {polymorphic}]
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