dimorphous

1. 1.

   occurring or existing in two different forms

   “dimorphic crystals”

   “dimorphous organisms”

   Synonymsdimorphic

Questions about dimorphous

What does dimorphous mean?

dimorphous means "occurring or existing in two different forms".

How many syllables are in dimorphous?

dimorphous has 3 syllables: di-mor-phous. The stress falls on "di".

What is another word for dimorphous?

Close synonyms include dimorphic. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dimorphous a common word?

dimorphous is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.