DIMORPHISM as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences)
   Hypernyms(s) dimorphism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • polymorphism (what does polymorphism mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms
   Hypernyms(s) dimorphism is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • polymorphism (what does polymorphism mean?)
   • pleomorphism (what does pleomorphism mean?)