Associations to the word «Dimorphism»

Wiktionary

DIMORPHISM, noun. (biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
DIMORPHISM, noun. (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
DIMORPHISM, noun. (geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.