Vocabulary : Polymorph to Polymyoid
Polymorph : A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms. Cf. Allomorph.Polymorphic : Polymorphous.
Polymorphism : Same as Pleomorphism. ;; The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form. ;; 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.
Polymorphosis : The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc.
Polymorphous : Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. ;; Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic.
