| polymorph | (n) an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites |
| polymorphemic | (adj) consisting of two or more morphemes |
| polymorphic | (adj) relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population, Syn. polymorphous, Example: a polymorphic species |
| polymorphic | (adj) having or occurring in several distinct forms, Syn. polymorphous, Example: man is both polymorphic and polytypic; a polymorphous god |
| polymorphism | (n) (genetics) the genetic variation within a population that natural selection can operate on |
| polymorphism | (n) (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound, Syn. pleomorphism |
| polymorphism | (n) (biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) |
| polymorphous | (adj) relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms, Syn. polymorphic, Example: polymorphous crystallization |
| single nucleotide polymorphism | (n) (genetics) genetic variation in a DNA sequence that occurs when a single nucleotide in a genome is altered; SNPs are usually considered to be point mutations that have been evolutionarily successful enough to recur in a significant proportion of the population of a species, Syn. SNP |
| dead-man's-fingers | (n) the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria, Syn. dead-men's-fingers, Xylaria polymorpha |
| hepatica | (n) a common liverwort, Syn. Marchantia polymorpha |
| zebra mussel | (n) inch long mollusk imported accidentally from Europe; clogs utility inlet pipes and feeds on edible freshwater mussels, Syn. Dreissena polymorpha |
| Polymorph | n. [ Gr. &unr_; multiform; poly`s many + morfh` form: cf. F. polymorphe. ] (Crystallog.) A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms. Cf. Allomorph. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Polymorphic | a. Polymorphous. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Polymorphism | n. 1. (Crystallog.) Same as Pleomorphism. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Biol.) (a) The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form. (b) Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Polymorphosis | ‖n. [ NL. See Poly-, and Morphosis. ] (Zool.) The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; -- said of sponges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Polymorphous | a. 1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Biol.) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Polymorphy | n. Existence in many forms; polymorphism. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| ＳＮＰ | [スニップ, sunippu] (n) single nucleotide polymorphism; SNP [Add to Longdo] |
| ポリモーフィズム;ポリモルフィズム;ポリモフィズム | [porimo-fizumu ; porimorufizumu ; porimofizumu] (n) polymorphism [Add to Longdo] |
| 遺伝子多型 | [いでんしたがた, idenshitagata] (n) polymorphisms [Add to Longdo] |
| 遺伝的多型 | [いでんてきたけい, identekitakei] (n) genetic polymorphism [Add to Longdo] |
| 多型 | [たけい, takei] (n, adj-no) polymorphism [Add to Longdo] |
| 多形 | [たけい, takei] (n, adj-no) polymorphous [Add to Longdo] |
| 多形性 | [たけいせい, takeisei] (n, adj-no) (See ポリモーフィズム) polymorphism [Add to Longdo] |
| 多態性 | [たたいせい, tataisei] (n) { comp } polymorphism [Add to Longdo] |
| 唐草 | [からくさ, karakusa] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 唐草模様) arabesque pattern; (2) (See 馬肥やし・1) toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha) [Add to Longdo] |
| 馬肥やし;馬肥(io);苜蓿 | [うまごやし;もくしゅく(苜蓿);まごやし(苜蓿);おおい(苜蓿)(ok);ウマゴヤシ, umagoyashi ; mokushuku ( sho shuku ); magoyashi ( sho shuku ); ooi ( sho shuku )(ok] (n) (1) toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha); hairy medick; bur clover; (2) (col) (See 白詰草) white clover (Trifolium repens) [Add to Longdo] |
