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Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1. relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms;
- Example: "polymorphous crystallization"
[syn: polymorphous, polymorphic]
2. relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population;
- Example: "a polymorphic species"
[syn: polymorphic, polymorphous]
3. having or occurring in several distinct forms;
- Example: "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"
- Example: "a polymorphous god"
[syn: polymorphic, polymorphous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polymorphous \Pol`y*mor"phous\, a. 1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic. [1913 Webster]
