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    Synonyms and Definitions

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    polymorphic


    1. associated with a polymorphic reference depends on the dynamic type of that reference


    2. The increasing number of polymorphic


    3. In rudimentary organs, and in those which have been but little specialised for any particular purpose, and perhaps in polymorphic groups, we see a nearly parallel case; for in such cases natural selection either has not or cannot come into full play, and thus the organisation is left in a fluctuating condition


    4. The celebrated palaeontologist, Bronn, at the close of his German translation of this work, asks how, on the principle of natural selection, can a variety live side by side with the parent species? If both have become fitted for slightly different habits of life or conditions, they might live together; and if we lay on one side polymorphic species, in which the variability seems to be of a peculiar nature, and all mere temporary variations, such as size, albinism, etc


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    Synonyms for "polymorphic"

    polymorphic polymorphous

    "polymorphic" definitions

    relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms


    relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population


    having or occurring in several distinct forms