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DIMORPHOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dimorphous mean? 

DIMORPHOUS (adjective)
  The adjective DIMORPHOUS has 1 sense:

1. occurring or existing in two different formsplay

  Familiarity information: DIMORPHOUS used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIMORPHOUS (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Occurring or existing in two different forms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

dimorphic; dimorphous

Context example:

dimorphous organisms

Pertainym:

dimorphism ((biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences))

dimorphism ((chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms)


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