Category:Polymorphism

Pol`y*mor"phism, n.

1. (crystallog.)

Defn: same as pleomorphism.

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.