polymorph Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites

WordNet


Pol"y*morph noun
Etymology
Gr. multiform; many + form: cf. F. polymorphe.
Definitions
  1. (Crystallog.) A substance capable of crystallizing in several distinct forms; also, any one of these forms. Cf. Allomorph.

Webster 1913