polymorphosis

English

Noun

polymorphosis (uncountable)

1. (zoology) The assumption of several structural forms without a corresponding difference in function; said of sponges, etc.

Related terms

• polymorph
• polymorphism

References

• “polymorphosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.