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Dimorphism   /daɪmˈɔrfɪzəm/   Listen
Dimorphism

noun
1.
(chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
2.
(biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences).





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"Dimorphism" Quotes from Famous Books



... Prof. E. B. Wilson has recently found a similar dimorphism in the spermatozoa of Lygaeus and ...
— Studies in Spermatogenesis (Part 1 of 2) • Nettie Maria Stevens


Words linked to "Dimorphism" :   biological science, pleomorphism, chemistry, polymorphism, biology, chemical science


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