"Polymorphism" is a word in ENGLISH
The capability of assuming different forms; the
capability of widely varying in form.
Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same
locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not
connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.
Same as Pleomorphism.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.
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Read the complete definitionContaining, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria.
Read the complete definitionCapable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals.
Read the complete definitionHaving the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.
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Read the complete definitionCapable of being, or suitable to be, discounted; as, certain forms are necessary to render notes discountable at a bank.
Read the complete definitionCapable of various forms; multiform.
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Read the complete definitionThe faculty possessed by all substances capable of self-nourishment of manifesting the nutritive acts by changes of form, of volume, …
Read the complete definitionCapable of being cast off in the form of exuviae.
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Read the complete definitionLike fibrinoplastin; capable of forming fibrin when brought in contact with fibrinogen.
Read the complete definitionMolded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material.
Read the complete definitionCapable of being brought to a fixed form or shape.
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Read the complete definitionHaving structure; capable of growth and development; organized; as, the formed or organized ferments. See Ferment, n.
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