dimorphic
- a variation of dimorphous.
- a word derived from dimorphism.
Example Sentences
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For example, the liver and the kidney were the most sexually dimorphic in rats and mice, whereas in rabbits, the heart was the most sexually dimorphic and liver and kidney not at all.
From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023
These come in two "dimorphic" sizes, "small worker cells and large reproductive cells, which forces the builders to join differently sized hexagons," the authors explain.
From Salon • Jul. 27, 2023
His masculinist fantasy of himself is structurally dimorphic; it requires an approving female presence to authorize and excuse and interpret.
From Slate • Jun. 15, 2019
Quorum sensing in the dimorphic fungus Candida albicans is mediated by farnesol.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
With dimorphic species two illegitimate unions, and with trimorphic species twelve are possible.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
