Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Existing or occurring in two distinct forms; exhibiting dimorphism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Existing in two distinct forms; dimorphous. See
dimorphous . - Pertaining to dimorphism; exhibiting or characterized by dimorphism, in any sense of that word.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the property of dimorphism; dimorphous.
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- adjective
occurring orexisting in twodifferent forms - adjective
exhibiting dimorphism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective occurring or existing in two different forms
Etymologies
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Examples
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Some plants seem as a normal occurrence to produce flowers of different construction, and are hence termed dimorphic, as in many _Malpighiaceæ_, _Violaceæ_, _Oxalidaceæ_, in some of the flowers of which the petals are altogether wanting, while in others the corolla is developed as usual.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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He generally used the chrysalids of the Papilio Turnus, whose females are dimorphic, that is, having two distinct forms.
Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Marie Conway Oemler 1905
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It is also sexually dimorphic, meaning the males differ from the females.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Sexing Indian Ringneck Parakeets Indian Ringneck Parakeets are dimorphic, meaning that you can tell the sex of mature birds through the markings on their feathers.
We Blog A Lot 2008
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Sexing Indian Ringneck Parakeets Indian Ringneck Parakeets are dimorphic, meaning that you can tell the sex of mature birds through the markings on their feathers.
We Blog A Lot 2008
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Sexing Indian Ringneck Parakeets Indian Ringneck Parakeets are dimorphic, meaning that you can tell the sex of mature birds through the markings on their feathers.
We Blog A Lot 2008
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Ratings of facial attractiveness accounted for over 25% of the variance in this sexually dimorphic dimension of male body configuration.
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Human beings are sexually dimorphic and our apprehension of the designed world corresponds to the difference.
When Vroom Conquers Cuteness Dan Neil 2011
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The birds are also unusual within the Owls (Strigiformes) in being sexually dimorphic in coloration, with the male being almost pure white, the female being heavily barred.
Arctic 2010
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"If Australopithecus is sexually dimorphic and Ardipithecus isn't, that's kind of peculiar."
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