polymorphic has definitions from the fields of biology,chemistry,crystallography
1
[ adjective ] (biology) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population

Synonyms

polymorphous

Examples

"a polymorphic species"

2
[ adjective ] (chemistry) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms

Synonyms

polymorphous

Examples

"polymorphous crystalzation"

3
[ adjective ] having or occurring in several distinct forms

Synonyms

polymorphous

Examples

"man is both polymorpphic and polytypic" "a polymorphous god"

Related terms

multiform

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