"dimorphism" meaning in English

See dimorphism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /daɪˈmɔːfɪzəm/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-dimorphism.wav Forms: dimorphisms [plural]
Etymology: From di- + -morphism. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|di|morphism}} di- + -morphism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dimorphism (countable and uncountable, plural dimorphisms)
  1. (biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part): dimorfisme [masculine] (Catalan), dimorfismi (Finnish), kaksimuotoisuus (Finnish), dimorphisme [masculine] (French), διμορφισμός (dimorfismós) [masculine] (Greek), tvíbreytni [feminine] (Icelandic), démhorfacht [feminine] (Irish), dimorfismo [masculine] (Italian), dymorfizm [masculine] (Polish), bimorfizm [masculine] (Polish), dimorfismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dimorphism-en-noun-Uut3KLF0 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with di-, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 36 41 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part': 51 34 16
  2. (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Translations (biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual): dimorfismus [masculine] (Czech), dimorfismi (Finnish), kaksimuotoisuus (Finnish), διμορφισμός (dimorfismós) [masculine] (Greek), tvíbreytni [feminine] (Icelandic), démhorfacht [feminine] (Irish), dymorfizm [masculine] (Polish), dimorfismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dimorphism-en-noun-V1saLe8p Categories (other): English terms prefixed with di-, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 36 41 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual': 18 74 7
  3. (geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geology Translations (geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms): dimorfismi (Finnish), kaksimuotoisuus (Finnish), tvíbreytni [feminine] (Icelandic), démhorfacht [feminine] (Irish), dimorfismo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-dimorphism-en-noun-Wr2~QpZ0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with di-, English terms suffixed with -morphism, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 28 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with di-: 32 30 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -morphism: 27 32 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 25 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 21 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 23 36 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 21 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 24 20 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 29 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 22 19 59 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms': 18 18 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sexual dimorphism Related terms: dimorphic, dimorphous, monomorphism, polymorphism, biform

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démhorfacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dimorfismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dymorfizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bimorfizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence of two distinct forms of any part",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dimorfismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dimorfismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual",
      "word": "dimorfismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual",
      "word": "kaksimuotoisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dimorfismós",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διμορφισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tvíbreytni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démhorfacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dymorfizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "biology: occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dimorfismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms",
      "word": "dimorfismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms",
      "word": "kaksimuotoisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tvíbreytni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démhorfacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "geology: property of existing in two distinct crystalline forms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dimorfismo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "dimorphism"
  ],
  "word": "dimorphism"
}

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