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polymorphous

adjective

Having or occurring in several distinct forms

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Word length
12
Starts with
P
Ends with
S
Contains
OL
Scrabble score
24

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adjective

  1. Having or occurring in several distinct forms

    “Man is both polymorphic and polytypic”

adjective

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

    “A polymorphic species”

adjective

  1. Relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms

    “Polymorphous crystallization”

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Man is both polymorphic and polytypic
A polymorphous god
A polymorphic species
Polymorphous crystallization

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