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polymorphic
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Adjective polymorphic has 3 senses
- polymorphic(a = adj.pert) polymorphous - relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization" Derived form noun polymorphism2
- polymorphic(a = adj.pert) polymorphous - relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species" Derived forms noun polymorph1, noun polymorphism3
- polymorphic(s = adj.all) polymorphous - having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god" Derived form noun polymorph1
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