About The Word Dimorphism
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Dimorphism
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What's The Definition Of Dimorphism?
[n] (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)
[n] (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms Synonyms | Synonyms for Dimorphism: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dimorphism: See Also | pleomorphism | polymorphism Dimorphism In Webster's Dictionary \Di*mor"phism\, n. [Cf. F. dimorphisme.]
1. (Biol.) 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 is the condition of the appearance of the
same species under two dissimilar forms. --Darwin.
2. (Crystallog.) Crystallization in two independent forms of
the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as
calcite and aragonite.
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