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Dimorphism vs Pleomorphism - What's the difference?

dimorphism | pleomorphism |

In biology terms the difference between dimorphism and pleomorphism

is that dimorphism is the occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual while pleomorphism is the occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism.

dimorphism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biology) The occurrence within a plant of two distinct forms of any part.
  • (biology) The occurrence in an animal species of two distinct types of individual.
  • (geology) A property of certain substances that enables them to exist in two distinct crystalline forms.

    • Related terms

    * dimorphic * dimorphous

    Derived terms

    * sexual dimorphism

    See also

    * polymorphism

    pleomorphism

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biology) the occurrence of multiple structural forms during the life cycle of an organism
  • (chemistry) polymorphism