Polymorphous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polymorphous \Pol`y*mor"phous\, a.
     1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or
        styles; as, a polymorphous author. --De Quincey.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Biol.) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms;


        -- opposed to monomorphic.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  polymorphous
       adj 1: relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more
              different forms; "polymorphous crystallization" [syn:
              {polymorphic}]
       2: relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of
          individual (independent of sexual differences) in an
          interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species" [syn: {polymorphic}]
       3: having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both
          polymorpphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god" [syn: {polymorphic}]