English
Pronunciation
IPA|/�p�li�m�rfɪk/ (US)
:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)fɪk|-��(r)fɪk
Adjective
polymorphic
- relating to polymorphism (any sense), able to have several shapes or forms
#*1859, Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species
#*:I refer to those genera which have sometimes been called "protean" or "polymorphic," in which the species present an inordinate amount of variation; and hardly two naturalists can agree which forms to rank as species and which as varieties.
#*1897, Grant Allen, An African Millionaire
#*:Dr. Beddersley came -- a dapper little man, with pent-house eyebrows, and keen, small eyes, whom I suspected at sight of being Colonel Clay himself in another of his clever polymorphic embodiments.
Translations
Finnish: monimuotoinen
Portuguese: polimórfico m, polimórfica f
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