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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 forms
Familiarity information: DIMORPHOUS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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