DIMORPHISM

dimorphism

(noun) (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)

dimorphism

(noun) (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dimorphism (countable and uncountable, plural dimorphisms)

(biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.

(biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.

(geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.

Source: Wiktionary

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Di*mor"phism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. dimorphisme.]

1. (Biol.)

Definition: Difference of form between members of the same species, as when a plant has two kinds of flowers, both hermaphrodite (as in the partridge berry), or when there are two forms of one or both sexes of the same species of butterfly. Dimorphism is the condition of the appearance of the same species under two dissimilar forms. Darwin.

2. (Crystallog.)

Definition: Crystallization in two independent forms of the same chemical compound, as of calcium carbonate as calcite and aragonite.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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