Found 2 items, similar to polymorphous.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: polymorphous 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Polymorphous 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]