Associations to the word «Dimorphism»

Wiktionary

DIMORPHISM, noun. (biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
DIMORPHISM, noun. (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
DIMORPHISM, noun. (geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.

Dictionary definition

DIMORPHISM, noun. (chemistry) the property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.
DIMORPHISM, noun. (biology) the existence of two forms of individual within the same animal species (independent of sex differences).

Wise words

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.
Martin Luther King Jr.