polymorphic
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- a relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms
- a relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population
a polymorphic species - s having or occurring in several distinct forms
man is both polymorphic and polytypic
- Goetz once struggled home with a briefcase full of articles on analgesics, Scipio, polymorphic biology, Canute the Great, Ethiopian culture and someone named 'Umar al-Hajj .