From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Polymorphous \Pol'y*mor"phous\, adjective
1. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. --De Quincey.
2. (Biol.) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms; -- opposed to monomorphic.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization" [syn: {polymorphic}]
2: relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species" [syn: {polymorphic}]
3: having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorpphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god" [syn: {polymorphic}]
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