Dictionary

dimorphism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /daɪˈmɔːfɪzəm/ (UK)

Etymology

From di- + -morphism.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
2. (countable, uncountable) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
   • This is also done for Dizygopleura landesi Roth and Eukloedenella pontotocensis Lundin, new species, which illustrate domiciliar (kloedenellid) dimorphism. 1965, Robert F. Lundin, Bulletin - Issue 108, page 18:
3. (countable, uncountable) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.

Forms

Deriveds

sexodimorphism · isodimorphism · sexual dimorphism

Relateds

monomorphism · biform · dimorphic · polymorphism · dimorphous

Translations (30)

fi kaksimuotoisuus (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms) · pt dimorfismo (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · fi dimorfismi (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · pl bimorfizm (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms) · fr dimorphisme (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · fi kaksimuotoisuus (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · is tvíbreytni (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · es dimorfismo (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · pl bimorfizm (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · cs dimorfismus (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · el διμορφισμός (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · pt dimorfismo (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · it dimorfismo (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · pl dymorfizm (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · fi kaksimuotoisuus (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · ca dimorfisme (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · es dimorfismo (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · pl bimorfizm (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · ga démhorfacht (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · pl dymorfizm (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms) · pt dimorfismo (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms) · fi dimorfismi (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms) · pl dymorfizm (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · es dimorfismo (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms) · ga démhorfacht (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms) · is tvíbreytni (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms) · fi dimorfismi (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · ga démhorfacht (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual) · is tvíbreytni (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part) · el διμορφισμός (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual)