Definition of dimorphism Dimorphism
/dajmɔˈɹfɪzʌm/ - [daymorfizum] - di•mor•phism
We found 10 definitions of dimorphism from 5 different sources.
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What does dimorphism mean?
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NounPlural: dimorphisms |
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| dimorphism - (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) | ||
| polymorphism (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals 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 | ||
| pleomorphism, polymorphism (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms | ||
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- dimorphism (Noun)
The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part. - dimorphism (Noun)
The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual. - dimorphism (Noun)
A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dimorphism (n.)
Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly. - dimorphism (n.)
Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.
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dimorphism
The occurrence in an species of two distinct types of individual. -
dimorphism
A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dimorphism
dī-mor′fizm, n. (bot.) a state in which two forms of flower, leaf, &c. are produced by the same species of plant: the property of crystallising in two forms.—adjs. Dimor′phic, Dimor′phous. [Gr. di-, twice, morphē, form.]
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