Polymorphism
Pronunciation : Pol`y*mor"phism
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Crystallog.)
Defn: Same as Pleomorphism.
2. (Biol.) (a) The capability of assuming different forms; the capability of widely varying in form. (b) Existence in many forms; the coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not connected by intermediate gradations, but produced from common parents.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913