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English
Etymology
From di- + -morphism.
Pronunciation
Noun
dimorphism (countable and uncountable, plural dimorphisms)
- (biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
- (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
1965, Robert F. Lundin, Bulletin - Issue 108, page 18:This is also done for Dizygopleura landesi Roth and Eukloedenella pontotocensis Lundin, new species, which illustrate domiciliar (kloedenellid) dimorphism.
- (geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
Derived terms
Translations
biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual
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