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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polymorph  \Pol"y*morph\,  n.  [Gr.  ?  multiform;  poly`s  many  +  ? 
  form:  cf  F.  polymorphe.]  (Crystallog.) 
  A  substance  capable  of  crystallizing  in  several  distinct 
  forms;  also  any  one  of  these  forms.  Cf  {Allomorph}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  polymorph 
  n  :  an  organism  that  can  assume  more  than  one  adult  form  as  in 
  the  castes  of  ants  or  termites 




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