The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polymorphic \Pol`y*mor"phic\, a. Polymorphous.
Wiktionary
a. 1 relating to polymorphism (any sense), able to have several shapes or forms 2 (context programming of a function English) able to take multiple data types
WordNet
adj. relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization" [syn: polymorphous]
relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species" [syn: polymorphous]
having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorpphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god" [syn: polymorphous]
Usage examples of "polymorphic".
I am inclined to suspect that we see in these polymorphic genera variations in points of structure which are of no service or disservice to the species, and which consequently have not been seized on and rendered definite by natural selection, as hereafter will be explained.
In most polymorphic genera some of the species have fixed and definite characters.
Under genera, including the most polymorphic forms, Mr Babington gives 251 species, whereas Mr Bentham gives only 112, -- a difference of 139 doubtful forms!
Edie Dorn and two other inertials followed him to a motel named the Bonds of Erotic Polymorphic Experience, a sixty-unit sub-surface structure catering to businessmen and their hookers who dont want to be entertained.