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Polymorphic   /pˌɑlˌimˈɔrfɪk/   Listen
Polymorphic

adjective
1.
Relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms.  Synonym: polymorphous.
2.
Relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population.  Synonym: polymorphous.
3.
Having or occurring in several distinct forms.  Synonym: polymorphous.  "A polymorphous god"






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"Polymorphic" Quotes from Famous Books



... points out that very many species have almost certainly been produced by steps, not greater, and probably not very much smaller, than those separating closely related varieties. For varieties are only small species. Next comes the question of polymorphic species: their occurrence seems to have been a source of much doubt and difficulty in Darwin's mind, although at present it forms one of the main supports of the prevailing explanation of the origin of new species. Darwin ...
— Darwin and Modern Science • A.C. Seward and Others



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