polymorphic

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Adjective
relating to the crystallization of a compound in two or more different forms; "polymorphous crystallization"
Adjective
relating to the occurrence of more than one kind of individual (independent of sexual differences) in an interbreeding population; "a polymorphic species"
Adjective Satellite
having or occurring in several distinct forms; "man is both polymorphic and polytypic"; "a polymorphous god"