Adjective: polymorphous ,pó-lee'mor-fus
- Having or occurring in several distinct forms
"a polymorphous god";
- polymorphic
- (biology) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
"a polymorphous species";
- polymorphic
- (chemistry) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
"polymorphous crystallization";
- polymorphic
See also: multiform
Encyclopedia: Polymorphous