(adj) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population, Syn.polymorphous
n. [ Gr. &unr_; multiform; poly`s many + morfh` form: cf. F. polymorphe. ] (Crystallog.) A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms. Cf. Allomorph. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. (Crystallog.) Same as Pleomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Biol.) (a) The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form. (b) Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Poly-, and Morphosis. ] (Zool.) The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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