- 1. a. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. Source: opted
- 2. a. Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic. Source: opted
- 3. adj. relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. having or occurring in several distinct forms Source: wordnet
- 6. 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. Source: webster
- 7. Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed tomonomorphic. Source: adambom
- 8. j:100 a. relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms Source: ecdict
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