Sinonim dimorphism

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	polymorphism,
definition	:	(biology) the existence of two or more forms of individuals within the same animal species (independent of sex differences) (noun.phenomenon)

domain category	:	biological science, biology,
definition	:	the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition)

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

hypernym	:	pleomorphism, polymorphism,
definition	:	(chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound (noun.phenomenon)

domain category	:	chemical science, chemistry,
definition	:	the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions (noun.cognition)